Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 2,248,281 in June 2015, down by 7.6% year-on-year and 11.8% month-to-month. Same-day visitors decreased by 9.7% year-on-year to 1,172,411 (52.1% of total); overnight visitors dropped by 5.2% to 1,075,870. The average length of stay of visitors increased by 0.2 day year-on-year to 1.2 days; overnight and same-day visitors had an average stay of 2.2 days and 0.2 day respectively. Most Asian countries or places recorded year-on-year decline in visitor arrivals in June 2015. Visitors from Mainland China decreased by 10.1% to 1,435,189; those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme dropped by 4.2% to 644,207. Mainland visitors came primarily from Guangdong Province (632,449), Fujian Province (66,804) and Hunan Province (59,448). Visitors from Taiwan (80,272), the Republic of Korea (31,406) and India (21,428) decreased by 5.9%, 24.8% and 3.3% respectively year-on-year, while those from Hong Kong (523,789) and the Philippines (22,222) increased by 2.0% and 6.5%. Long-haul visitors from Canada (4,718) and the United Kingdom (4,210) registered year-on-year increase, whereas those from the United States (15,180) and Australia (6,487) saw decline. Regarding mode of transport, visitor arrivals by land totalled 1,234,229, down by 8.3% year-on-year; visitors entering through the Border Gate accounted for 88.7% of the total, at 1,094,901, down by 10.2%, while those arriving via the Checkpoint of Cotai rose by 11.0% to 137,416. Visitor arrivals by sea decreased by 7.8% year-on-year to 851,151, of which visitors entering via the Outer Harbour (544,565) and the Provisional Ferry Terminal in Taipa (285,862) dropped by 4.7% and 10.7%. Visitor arrivals by air rose marginally by 0.3% year-on-year to 162,901, with 161,829 entering via the airport, up by 1.4%.
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