Visitors From Mainland China Continues to Rise

Written on August 23, 2007 by admin

Despite visa restrictions the number of visitors continue to rise, with arrivals totaling 2,208,327 in July 2007 This represents a year-on-year increase of 22.5%. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong rose by 24.2% and 21.1% respectively, whereas those from Taiwan, China dropped by 7.3%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.0% of the total arrivals, at 1,149,072.

The majority of the visitors came from Mainland China (53.5% of the total), Hong Kong (32.4%) and Taiwan, China (5.6%). Among the Mainland visitors, 43.5% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 513,956.

In the first seven months of 2007, visitor arrivals reached 14,848,331, up by 21.5% over the same period of last year. Arrivals from Mainland China grew by 19.3% to 8,086,130, while those from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China went up by 23.4% and 1.4% respectively. Furthermore, same-day visitors made up 52.5% of the total arrivals, at 7,790,088.

Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea increased by 14.0% to 4,953,191 over the first seven months of 2006. Among them, 4,665,624 arrived at the Outer Harbour, with 62.0% from Hong Kong and 23.6% from Mainland China. Visitor arrivals at the Inner Harbour totalled 287,567 and 54.1% were from Mainland China.

At the same time, visitor arrivals by land grew by 26.3% to 9,073,759, with 8,959,614 entering through the Border Gate; visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong accounted for 73.4% and 19.3% respectively. Meanwhile, there were 111,293 visitors arriving through the Checkpoint of CoTai.

In addition, arrivals by air totalled 821,381, an increase of 18.5% over the first seven months 2006. Among the 813,749 arrivals at the Macao International Airport, visitors from Taiwan, China (45.6%), South East Asia (22.0%) and Mainland China (22.0%) were the major users.