Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that visitor arrivals in package tours totalled 273,002 in April 2006, up 20.2% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China (227,258) and Hong Kong (10,916) grew 27.7% and 71.2% respectively; however, those from Taiwan, China decreased 45.7% to 15,595 over April 2005. In the first four months of 2006, visitor arrivals in package tours surged 24.3% over the same period of 2005 to 1,007,824. Number of Macao residents travelling in package tours was 27,087 in April 2006, surged 39.8%. Mainland China; Taiwan, China; and Thailand were the three more popular tour itineraries, which accounted for 85.3%, 3.9% and 3.7% of the total respectively. In the first four months of 2006, Macao residents (89,007) travelling in package tours went up 20.8% compared with the same period of 2005. Meanwhile, 31,179 residents travelled under own arrangements using services provided by the travel agencies, an increase of 32.4% over April 2005; Mainland China (33.4%), Hong Kong (22.8%) and Taiwan, China (21.1%) were the major destinations. In the first four months of 2006, Macao residents travelled under such arrangements surged 35.2% to 117,007 compared with the same period of 2005. At the end of April 2006, there were 11,323 guest rooms available in hotels and similar establishments, an increase of 687 rooms (+6.5%) over April 2005. In addition, a total of 402,224 guests checked into hotels and similar establishments, a growth of 21.6% compared with April 2005. The average hotel occupancy rate reached 77.8%, showing a notable year-on-year increase of 10.7 percentage points and the highest average was in the 3-star hotels, at 86.7%. The average length of stay of hotel guest remained the same as April 2005, at 1.16 nights. The majority of the guests came from Mainland China (58.0%), Hong Kong (26.4%) and Taiwan, China (2.8%). In the first four months of 2006, number of hotel guests increased 18.4% over 2005 to 1,469,082. In the first four months of 2006, hotel guests (excluding Macao residents) accounted for 40.9% of the total number of tourists, which was slightly lower than the 41.2% recorded in the same period of 2005.
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