Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 2,246 organisations were operating in the four core domains of cultural industries in Macao in 2018, namely 'Creative design', 'Cultural exhibitions & performances', 'Art collection' and 'Digital media', representing an increase of 155 year-on-year. Total number of persons engaged rose by 8.5% to 12,719, and Compensation of Employees went up by 5.8% to MOP 1.94 billion. Total Service Receipts of the cultural industries grew by 1.9% year-on-year to MOP 7.18 billion. Gross Value Added that measures the sectoral contribution to the economy increased by 9.7% to MOP 2.60 billion, accounting for 0.6% of the total Gross Value Added of all economic activities of Macao in 2018. Gross Fixed Capital Formation of the cultural industries amounted to MOP 0.29 billion, down by 35.6%.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 3,209,751 in October 2019, up by 1.8% year-on-year. Same-day visitors (1,734,832) increased by 8.1% year-on-year whereas overnight visitors (1,474,919) dropped by 4.8%. The average length of stay of visitors held steady year-on-year at 1.2 days; overnight visitors extended their stay by 0.1 day to 2.4 days, while the duration for same-day visitors stayed unchanged at 0.2 day.
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