Visitor Arrivals for June 2005

Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicates that number of visitor arrivals totalled 1,433,075 in June 2005, which represented a year-on-year increase of 10.2%; visitors from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, China increased 9.4%, 3.3% and 20.3% respectively. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.2% of the total arrivals, at 748,765. The majority of visitors came from Mainland China (56.0% of the total), Hong Kong (28.9%) and Taiwan, China (9.1%). Among the visitors from Mainland China, 402,673 (50.1%) travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. In the first half of 2005, visitor arrivals totalled 8,923,323, up 15.4% over the same period of last year. Visitors from Mainland China increased 11.7% to 4,990,582, which accounted for 55.9% of the total, with 2,534,864 arrived in Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. Besides, visitors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China shared 29.7% (2,653,743) and 8.3% (744,835) of the total arrivals. Same-day visitors made up 52.6% of the total, at 4,694,145. Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea went up 6.7% year-on-year to 3,161,442 in the first half of 2005, with 3,078,471 arriving at the Outer Harbour (+6.3%); the majority of these visitors were from Hong Kong (59.3%) and Mainland China (29.7%). Visitor arrivals at the Inner Harbour rose 28.7% to 82,971, within which 68.6% were from Mainland China. In the first six months of 2005, arrivals by land increased 19.3% to 5,248,470, with 4,845,872 arriving through the Border Gate. The majority of these visitors came from Mainland China (77.1%) and Hong Kong (16.1%). Visitors arriving through the Checkpoint of CoTai were 402,598. In addition, arrivals by air were 513,411, up 37.7% compared with the same period of last year, with 507,697 arriving at the Macao International Airport (+39.3%). Visitors from Taiwan, China (69.8%) and Mainland China (15.6%) were the major users of this access.