Visitor Arrivals for April 2009

Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the total number of visitor and non-resident arrivals was 2,500,042 in April 2009. Visitor arrivals totalled 1,867,204, down by 3.5% from April 2008. Analysed by place of residence, visitors from Mainland China were 897,335 (48.1% of total visitor arrivals), a year-on-year decrease of 13.5%, with 342,458 travelling to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, down significantly by 42.7% from April 2008 (597,647). Visitors from Taiwan, China (116,335) and Malaysia (31,968) dropped by 6.6% and 24.1% respectively. In light of the Easter holidays, visitors from Hong Kong (612,480) rose by 16.4%, those from Thailand (27,457), the Philippines (26,905) and Singapore (22,994) also increased by 5.6%, 4.5% and 23.3% respectively. Same-day visitors (978,392) accounted for 52.4% of the total visitor arrivals, with 465,881 coming from Mainland China. The cumulative visitor arrivals totalled 7,321,374 in the first four months of 2009, down by 8.1% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China (3,655,645) and Taiwan, China (430,195) decreased by 14.0% and 4.2%, while those from Hong Kong (2,345,206), Japan (123,935) and Thailand (103,550) rose by 2.5%, 13.8% and 28.2% respectively. Same-day visitors accounted for 53.4% of the total visitor arrivals, at 3,908,418. Analysed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea totalled 3,058,305 in the first four months of 2009, up by 2.3% year-on-year. Visitors arriving at the Outer Harbour registered a decrease of 23.1% to 2,066,601, but those arriving at the Provisional Ferry Terminal in Taipa surged by 479.9% to 886,324. Visitor arrivals by land dropped by 15.5% year-on-year to 3,740,943 in the first four months of 2009; those arriving through the Border Gate totalled 3,471,003 and the majority were visitors from Mainland China (75.6%) and Hong Kong (15.9%). Visitor arrivals by air went down by 5.9% year-on-year to 522,126 in the first four months of 2009. Visitors arriving at the Macao International Airport decreased by 5.7% to 513,487, with the majority coming from Taiwan, China (38.7%), Mainland China (23.3%), Thailand (8.5%) and Malaysia (8.2%).