Here for the shopping

2014/8/20

From：Macau Business Daily

Almost half of all visitors say the purpose of their trip was shopping, with per capita spending increasing by 9 percent in the second quarter for same-day visitors.

Visitors are spending more while here whether just for one day or overnight. The biggest slice of their shopping spree is clothing at 20 percent, followed by local food products and handbags, each at 19 percent.
The latest figures from the Statistics and Census Service Bureau (DSEC) released yesterday show that overall per capita spending of visitors was MOP2,141 in the second quarter of the year, a 9 percent increase from that of the same period a year earlier. Overnight visitors spent an average of MOP3,915, an increase of 15 percent year-on-year, while same-day visitors’ spending dropped slightly by 1 percent to MOP610.
Overall, total spending increased by 17 percent to MOP16.3 billion in the second quarter of the year over the same period in 2013.
Japanese visitors were the biggest spenders with a per capita spending increase of 41 percent in the second quarter to MOP2,029 over the second quarter of 2013. Overnight visitors from Japan, however, spent MOP2,978, a 45 percent increase year-on-year.
Visitors from Australia also spent considerably more between the end of March and end of June, with per capita spending increasing by 28 percent to MOP1,609. Americans also spent 8 percent more than in the second quarter last year, with their per capita spending reaching MOP1,219. According to the Statistics and Census Service Bureau, ‘long haul visitors spent primarily on accommodation and food and beverage’.
These visitors as well as those from Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan spent more while visiting Macau than mainland Chinese visitors – the biggest source of travellers to the territory.
While mainland Chinese still remain the biggest spenders, their overall per capita spending increased by only 6 percent in the second quarter of the year over the same period in 2013. Overnight visitors from mainland China spent an average of MOP4,926, while same-day visitors spent MOP732. Shopping is where they spent the most, accounting for 51 percent of overnight visitors’ spending and 81 percent of same-day visitors.
The per capita spending of Singaporeans increased by 9 percent to MOP1,899, while that of Malaysians increased 12 percent to MOP1.711 and Taiwanese 14 percent to MOP1,606 over that of the second quarter of 2013.
According to the latest figures, the main purpose of visiting the territory was for vacation at 59 percent, followed by 21 percent who were in transit, 8 percent for gaming, 6 percent to visit family and relatives and 5 percent for business.

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