Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 2,343,451 in June 2008, a year-on-year increase of 22.0%. Visitors from Mainland China (1,358,912), Hong Kong (622,290) and Southeast Asia (128,058) rose by 36.6%, 0.6% and 42.3% respectively. Same-day visitors took up 53.1% of the total visitor arrivals, at 1,245,403. The majority of the visitors came from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, which accounted for 58.0%, 26.6% and 5.5% of the total respectively. In view of the tightening of the Individual Visit Scheme, 490,727 Mainland visitors travelled to Macao under such policy in June, representing 36.1% of the visitor arrivals from Mainland China. In the first half year of 2008, visitor arrivals reached 14,925,604, up by 18.1% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China (8,776,232) and Southeast Asia surged by 27.1% and 56.6% respectively, but those from Hong Kong dropped by 1.4%. Same-day visitors shared 52.9% of the total visitor arrivals, at 7,902,844. Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea went up by 10.3% over the same period of 2007 to 4,642,221. Among them, 4,139,005 arrived at the Outer Harbour (+4.8%), with 57.8% from Hong Kong and 22.4% from Mainland China. Visitor arrivals by land grew by 22.1% to 9,431,951. Visitors arriving through the Border Gate increased by 16.5% to 8,921,747 and the majority were visitors from Mainland China (79.5%) and Hong Kong (14.3%). In addition, visitor arrivals by air totalled 851,432, up by 20.6% over the same period of 2007. Visitors arriving at the Macao International Airport rose by 19.4% to 834,575 and the main users were visitors from Taiwan, China (35.4%), Southeast Asia (31.0%) and Mainland China (21.1%).
