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Package tours and hotel occupancy rate for March 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours rose by 12.4% year-on-year to 730,000 in March 2018, with a month-to-month increase of 19.3%. Package tour visitors from Mainland China (558,000), the Republic of Korea (50,000) and Taiwan (55,000) went up by 10.4%, 28.1% and 51.0% respectively year-on-year. In the first quarter of 2018, visitors on package tours totalled 2,144,000, up by 23.8% year-on-year.
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External merchandise trade statistics for March 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for March 2018 amounted to MOP1.03 billion, down by 3.8% year-on-year; value of re-exports (MOP879 million) decreased by 4.2%, with that of Electronic components falling by 57.4%; moreover, value of domestic exports (MOP152 million) slid by 1.7%, with that of Tobacco decreasing by 51.1%. Total merchandise import rose by 21.9% year-on-year to MOP7.68 billion, of which imports of Mobile phones, Beauty, cosmetic & skin-care products and Gold jewellery expanded by 179.2%, 64.9% and 33.7% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit in March amounted to MOP6.65 billion.
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