Over 800 thousand Crossed Border During New Year Holidays

Immigration authorities recorded a total of 852761 crossing the five immigration checkpoints of the Macao SAR over the holidays ( 31 December 2005 to 2 January 2006 ) Total number of arrivals stood at 430,921, with:
Border-gate: 342,357
Lotus Bridge: 1,857
Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal: 72,923
Inner Harbor Wharf Nº14: 5,829
Macao International Airport: 7,955 Total of departures stood at 421,840
with Border-gate: 340,817
Lotus Bridge: 2,103
Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal: 65,907
Inner Harbor Wharf Nº14: 3,734
Macao International Airport: 9,279 Meanwhile, total number of tourist arrivals in that period stood at 201,018,with a growth of 19.72% over the same period of last year.