Visitors increase by 8 pct year-on-year

2014-3-25

From：Macau Daily Times

Visitor arrivals increased by 8 percent since this time last year, amounting to 2,560,560 in February, according to information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Same-day visitors accounted for 54 pct of the total, at 1,383,257.
In February visitors from mainland China increased by 14 pct year-on-year to 1,714,776. They came primarily from Guangdong (705,357), Zhejiang (60,651) and Fujian (57,881).
Mainland visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme totaled 821,844, sharing 48% of the total from mainland China. Visitors from the Republic of Korea (52,427) and Japan (25,730) surged by 33% and 23% respectively year-on-year, while those from Hong Kong (551,626) and Taiwan (73,160) decreased by 8% and 10%. Long-haul visitors from the United States (12,413), Australia (7,556) and Canada (5,318) increased by 3%, 15% and 2% respectively year-on-year, whereas visitors from the United Kingdom (4,125) decreased by 5%.
The average length that visitors stayed for increased by 0.1 days to 1.0 day in February. Overnight and same-day visitors stayed an average of 1.9 days and 0.2 day respectively. In the first two months of 2014, visitor arrivals totaled 5,064,169, up by 8% year-on-year; visitors from mainland China, the Republic of Korea and Japan increased by 14%, 21% and 7% respectively, while those from Hong Kong and Taiwan decreased by 6% and 4%.

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