Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that total number of visitor arrivals reached 1,605,589 in November 2005, up 10.4% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong increased 9.3% and 15.1% respectively, whereas those from Taiwan, China decreased 11.3%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 51.0% of the total arrivals, at 818,127. The majority of visitors came from Mainland China (58.2% of the total); Hong Kong (27.7%); and Taiwan, China (6.7%). Among the Mainland visitors, 461,242 (49.4%) travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. In the first eleven months of 2005, visitor arrivals totalled 17,043,667, which surpassed the annual total of 16,672,556 recorded in 2004, up 12.5% over the same period of last year. Visitors from Mainland China increased 9.8% to 9,537,939 (56.0% of the total), with 4,874,157 arriving in Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. Moreover, visitors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China shared 29.9% (5,098,508) and 8.1% (1,379,936) of the total arrivals respectively. Same-day visitors accounted for 52.0% of the total, at 8,865,498. Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea went up 6.3% year-on-year to 6,095,551 in the first eleven months of 2005, with 5,906,408 arriving at the Outer Harbour (+5.2%); the majority of these visitors were from Hong Kong (59.2%) and Mainland China (29.6%). Visitor arrivals at the Inner Harbour leaped 52.0% to 189,143, within which 68.0% were from Mainland China. In the first eleven months of 2005, arrivals by land increased 15.6% to 9,993,555, with 9,384,178 arriving through the Border Gate. The majority of these visitors came from Mainland China (76.6%) and Hong Kong (16.3%). In addition, arrivals by air were 954,561, up 23.0% compared with the same period of last year, with 944,702 arriving at the Macao International Airport (+24.3%). Visitors from Taiwan, China (68.7%) and Mainland China (16.5%) were the major users of this access.
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