Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that total number of visitor arrivals reached 1,667,520 in December 2005, up 9.8% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong increased 10.2% and 13.0% respectively, whereas those from Taiwan, China decreased 16.6%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 49.9% of the total arrivals, at 831,625. The majority of visitors came from Mainland China (55.5% of the total), Hong Kong (31.0%) and Taiwan, China (6.1%). Among the Mainland visitors, 457,262 (49.4%) travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. In 2005, visitor arrivals reached an all-time record of 18,711,187, up 12.2% over 2004. Visitors from Mainland China increased 9.8% to 10,462,966 (55.9% of the total), with 5,331,419 arriving in Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. Moreover, visitors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China shared 30.0% (5,614,892) and 7.9% (1,482,483) of the total arrivals respectively. Same-day visitors accounted for 51.8% of the total, at 9,697,123. Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea went up 6.6% over 2004 to 6,719,895 in 2005, with 6,503,195 arriving at the Outer Harbour (+5.4%); the majority of these visitors were from Hong Kong (59.0%) and Mainland China (29.6%). Visitor arrivals at the Inner Harbour rose 58.7% to 216,700, within which 67.3% were from Mainland China. In 2005, arrivals by land increased 15.2% to 10,951,191, with 10,341,814 arriving through the Border Gate. The majority of these visitors came from Mainland China (76.4%) and Hong Kong (16.4%). In addition, arrivals by air were 1,040,101, up 20.7% compared with 2004, with 1,029,540 arriving at the Macao International Airport (+22.0%). Visitors from Taiwan, China (67.6%) and Mainland China (17.0%) were the major users of this access.
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