Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that visitor arrivals in package tours decreased by 3.7% year-on-year to 442,061 in January 2011. Visitors from Mainland China (316,362), Japan (22,224) and Hong Kong (17,522) decreased by 3.8%, 6.5% and 15.1%; however, visitors from Republic of Korea (24,050); and Taiwan, China (23,961) increased by 85.6% and 4.5% respectively. In January 2011, Macao residents travelling outbound in package tours soared by 42.0% year-on-year to 18,232, with Mainland China (83.1% of total) and Malaysia (3.2%) being the most popular tour itineraries. Meanwhile, outbound residents travelling under own arrangements using services of travel agencies surged by 51.2% year-on-year to 43,046 and the main destinations were Mainland China (41.7% of total); Hong Kong (24.2%); Taiwan, China (16.3%) and Thailand (5.8%). At the end of January 2011, total number of available guest rooms of the hotel sector increased by 804 (+4.2%) year-on-year to 19,890 rooms. A total of 640,835 guests checked into hotels and guest-houses in January 2011, down by 3.5% year-on-year, with the majority coming from Mainland China (56.6% of total) and Hong Kong (16.9%). The average occupancy rate of hotels and guest-houses was 80.3%, down by 1.3 percentage points year-on-year; average occupancy rate of hotels stood at 81.1%, with 4-star hotels leading at 86.2%. The average length of stay of guests increased by 0.03 night to 1.5 nights. In January 2011, visitor-guests of hotels and guest-houses accounted for 63.7% of the total number of tourists, up from 62.7% in January 2010.
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