Information from Statistics and Census Service indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 1,707,155 in May 2006, representing a year-on-year increase of 10.9%. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong grew 12.5% and 10.0% respectively, whereas those form Taiwan, China dropped 12.4%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.1% of the total arrivals, at 889,703. Visitors came mainly from Mainland China (57.4% of the total), Hong Kong (28.5%) and Taiwan, China (6.6%). Among those from Mainland China, 355,978 (36.3%) travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. In the first five months of 2006, visitor arrivals reached 8,825,487, a 17.8% growth over the same period of last year. Visitors from Mainland China rose 18.2% to 4,948,539, which accounted for 56.1% of the total arrivals; those from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China shared 30.7% and 6.4% respectively. Furthermore, same-day visitors made up 52.2% of the total, at 4,603,716. Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea jumped 18.3% to 3,148,376 in the first five months of 2006, with 2,983,275 arriving at the Outer Harbour (+15.2%); the majority of these visitors were from Hong Kong (58.2%) and Mainland China (30.5%). Visitor arrivals at the Inner Harbour leaped 132.3% to 165,101 and 58.3% were from Mainland China. At the same time, the cumulative number of visitors arriving through the Border Gate grew 27.5% to 5,185,802. The majority of the visitors came from Mainland China (74.1%) and Hong Kong (18.3%). In addition, visitor arrivals by air were 491,309, up 15.4% compared with the same period of last year, with 486,498 arrived at the Macao International Airport (+15.6%). Visitors from Taiwan, China (53.4%) and Mainland China (20.6%) were the major users of this access.
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