Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals in package tour surged by 26.0% year-on-year to 944,188 in September 2013. Visitors in package tour mostly came from Mainland China (759,272), with 272,532 from Guangdong Province, followed by Taiwan, China (56,789); Hong Kong (35,650); and the Republic of Korea (35,610). In the first three quarters of 2013, visitors in package tour totalled 7,413,696, up by 12.8% year-on-year. Outbound residents using services of travel agencies were 110,360 in September, up by 4.9% year-on-year; those travelling in package tour totalled 38,651 and the main destinations were Mainland China; Taiwan, China; Hong Kong and Thailand. In the first nine months of 2013, outbound residents increased by 14.7% year-on-year to 1,069,358 and 405,327 travelled in package tour. There were 98 hotels and guesthouses operating at the end of September 2013, providing 27,807 guest rooms, up by 6.7% year-on-year, of which the 5-star hotels had 18,378 rooms, accounting for 66.1% of the total. In September 2013, a total of 862,470 guests checked into hotels and guesthouses, up by 10.3% year-on-year, with 503,784 staying in 5-star hotels (+14.2%). The average length of stay of guests held stable as September 2012, at 1.3 nights. The average occupancy rate was 82.7%, up by 1.8 percentage points year-on-year, with 4-star hotels leading at 85.8%. Total number of guests was 7,992,647 in the first nine months of 2013, an increase of 13.9% year-on-year; the average occupancy rate stood at 81.9%, down by 1.2 percentage points. From January to September 2013, visitor-guests took up 70.2% of the total number of overnight visitors, higher than the 64.8% in the same period of 2012.
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