Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 2,530,620 in November 2008, a year-on-year increase of 3.0%. Visitors from Mainland China (1,460,155), Hong Kong (695,491) and Southeast Asia (139,210) rose by 4.2%, 5.9% and 7.5% respectively. Same-day visitors took up 52.4% of the total arrivals, at 1,326,151. The majority of the visitors came from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, which accounted for 57.7%; 27.5% and 5.5% of the total respectively. Among the Mainland visitors, 494,465 travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, down by 22.8% year-on year. In the first eleven months of 2008, visitor arrivals rose by 13.4% year-on-year to 27,639,661. Visitors from Mainland China (16,110,647) and Southeast Asia grew by 20.1% and 38.5% respectively, and those from Hong Kong went up slightly by 0.6%. Furthermore, same-day visitors shared 53.1% of the total arrivals, at 14,668,638. Analysed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea increased by 8.7% over the first eleven months of 2007 to 8,778,494, with 7,051,321 arriving at the Outer Harbour, down by 7.7% year-on-year. Meanwhile, 1,360,374 visitors arrived at the Provisional Ferry Terminal in Taipa. Visitor arrivals by land rose by 15.6% to 17,303,695. Visitors arriving through the Border Gate increased by 12.5% to 16,395,539 and the majority were from Mainland China (80.5%) and Hong Kong (14.0%). In addition, visitor arrivals by air totalled 1,557,472, up by 17.3% over the first eleven months of 2007. Visitors arriving at the Macao International Airport rose by 15.6% to 1,525,174, with the majority coming from Taiwan, China (35.0%), Southeast Asia (30.7%) and Mainland China (22.0%).
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