Information from Statistics and Census Service indicates that number of visitor arrivals totalled 1,493,692 in April 2005, which represented a year-on-year increase of 10.2%. Compared with April last year, visitors from Mainland China and Taiwan, China increased 13.8% and 19.1% respectively, whereas those from Hong Kong decreased 3.3%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.5% of the total arrivals, at 784,030. The majority of visitors came from Mainland China (55.6% of the total), Hong Kong (29.4%) and Taiwan, China (8.8%). Among the visitors from Mainland China, 398,109 (47.9%) travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. In the first four months of 2005, visitor arrivals totalled 5,950,714, up 16.5% over the same period of last year. Visitors from Mainland China increased 13.6% to 3,315,687, which accounted for 55.7% of the total; Hong Kong and Taiwan, China shared 30.2% and 8.2% of the total respectively. Furthermore, same-day visitors made up 52.6% of the total, at 3,131,960. Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea went up 6.8% to 2,129,633 in the first four months of 2005, with 2,073,065 arriving at the Outer Harbour (+6.3%); the majority of these visitors were from Hong Kong (59.6%) and Mainland China (29.7%). Visitor arrivals at the Inner Harbour rose 28.6% to 56,568, of which 69.4% were from Mainland China. Meanwhile, arrivals by land increased 21.4% to 3,485,666, with 3,220,491 arriving through the Border Gate. The majority of these visitors came from Mainland China (76.7%) and Hong Kong (16.5%). Visitors arriving through the Checkpoint of CoTai were 265,175. In addition, arrivals by air were 335,415, up 38.4% compared with the same period of last year, with 331,649 arriving at the Macao International Airport (+39.6%). Visitors from Taiwan, China (69.4%) and Mainland China (15.6%) were the major users of this access.
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