Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals in package tour totalled 875,788 in December 2013, down by 1.3% year-on-year, attributable to a decrease in visitors from the Republic of Korea. Visitors from Mainland China (653,993), Hong Kong (44,163), and Thailand (20,168) registered year-on-year increase, whereas those from Taiwan, China (61,055); the Republic of Korea (35,554); and Malaysia (12,832) recorded decrease. For the whole year of 2013, visitors in package tour totalled 9,775,798 (33.3% of total visitor arrivals), up by 7.2% year-on-year. Outbound residents using services of travel agencies were 130,870 in December, up by 1.7% year-on-year; those travelling in package tour totalled 51,335 and the main destinations were Mainland China; the Republic of Korea; and Taiwan, China. In 2013, outbound residents increased by 12.0% year-on-year to 1,446,214, of which 549,488 travelled in package tour. There were 98 hotels and guesthouses operating at the end of 2013, providing 27,764 guest rooms, up by 6.5% year-on-year; 5-star hotels had 18,371 rooms, accounting for 66.2% of the total. In December 2013, a total of 966,046 guests checked into hotels and guesthouses, up by 7.5% year-on-year, with 571,113 staying in 5-star hotels. The average length of stay of guests held stable as December 2012, at 1.4 nights. The average occupancy rate was 89.8%, up by 3.1 percentage points year-on-year, with 4-star hotels leading at 92.7%. Number of hotel guests totalled 10,670,599 in 2013, an increase of 11.8% year-on-year; the average length of stay of guests was 1.4 nights; the average occupancy rate stood at 83.1%, down by 0.5 percentage points. In 2013, visitor-guests took up 70.2% of the total number of overnight visitors, higher than the 65.4% in 2012.
