Over one million Crossed Border During Christmas Holidays

Immigration authorities recorded a total of 1032687 crossing the five immigration checkpoints of the Macao SAR over the holidays (24 to 27 December 2005) Total number of arrivals stood at 520,653
with Border-gate: 394,992
Lotus Bridge: 2,959
Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal: 106,953
Inner Harbor Wharf Nº14: 5,070
Macao International Airport: 10,679 Total of departures stood at 512,034
with Border-gate: 410,722
Lotus Bridge: 3,373
Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal: 82,128
Inner Harbor Wharf Nº14: 3,566
Macao International Airport: 12,245 Meanwhile, total number of tourist arrivals in that period stood at 254,251
,with a growth of 6.96%
over the same period of last year.