Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total spending (excluding gaming expenses) of visitors in the third quarter of 2015 amounted to MOP 12.47 billion, down by 19.5% from MOP 15.49 billion in the same quarter of 2014 and up by 1.8% from MOP 12.25 billion in the second quarter of 2015. Spending of overnight visitors totalled MOP 9.81 billion, down by 23.8% year-on-year, while that of same-day visitors increased by 2.0% to MOP 2.66 billion. In the third quarter, per-capita spending of visitors decreased by 18.0% year-on-year to MOP 1,540, and dropped by 7.7% compared with the second quarter (MOP 1,668). Per-capita spending of visitors from Mainland China decreased by 20.0% year-on-year to MOP 1,776, of which spending of visitors from Guangdong Province rose by 2.9% to MOP 1,440, while that from Fujian Province fell by 24.0% to MOP 1,106. Per-capita spending of Mainland visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) declined by 25.4% year-on-year to MOP 2,057, with those from Guangdong Province and Fujian Province spending an average of MOP 1,652 (+5.3%) and MOP 2,207 (-25.5%) respectively. Moreover, per-capita spending of visitors from Singapore (MOP 1,632), Japan (MOP 1,620), Malaysia (MOP 1,611), Hong Kong (MOP 913) and Taiwan (MOP 1,402) also registered year-on-year decrease. Among the long-haul visitors, per-capita spending of those from the United States (MOP 1,353) rose by 16.7% year-on-year, while that from Australia (MOP 1,312) dropped by 12.4%. Per-capita spending of overnight visitors decreased by 23.9% year-on-year to MOP 2,519, while that of same-day visitors increased by 5.6%, at MOP 632. Overnight visitors from Mainland China (MOP 2,948), Taiwan (MOP 2,753) and Singapore (MOP 2,605) had relatively high per-capita spending, though year-on-year decreases were recorded. Among the same-day visitors, per-capita spending of Mainland visitors topped at MOP 759, up by 7.2% year-on-year, and that of IVS visitors rose by 6.3% to MOP 1,260. Analysed by consumption structure, visitors spent mainly on Shopping (43.6%), Accommodation (25.7%) and Food & Beverage (21.9%). Per-capita shopping spending dropped by 27.2% year-on-year to MOP 671, which was mostly spent on Local Food Products (33.0%). Visitors from Mainland China spent an average of MOP 907 on shopping, with IVS visitors spending MOP 1,274, down by 28.0% and 26.2% respectively. Meanwhile, long-haul visitors spent primarily on Accommodation and Food & Beverage. According to the results of Visitors’ Comments Survey in the third quarter of 2015, about 88.8% of the visitor-users were satisfied with the services and facilities of hotels, down slightly by 0.2 percentage points quarter-to-quarter; those who complimented about the services of travel agencies (86.0%) and retail shops (85.1%) rose by 2.7 and 1.5 percentage points respectively. About 85.5% of the visitors commented that the environmental hygiene was satisfactory, up by 3.2 percentage points, while those commented that points of tourist attractions were adequate rose by 3.9 percentage points to 45.1%. Moreover, 72.5% of the visitors were satisfied with public transport services, down by 1.8 percentage points quarter-to-quarter, while those considered that the services should be improved rose by 1.1 percentage points to 13.7%.
