Visitor arrivals up in February

2013-3-25

From：Macau Business

Visitor arrivals increased by 11.5 percent year-on-year to 2,376,840 as the Lunar New Year occurred in February this year, official data shows.

Same-day visitors accounted for 53.2 percent of the total.

In February 2013, visitors from Mainland China (1,508,599) increased by 17.4 percent year-on-year.

Moreover, visitors from Hong Kong (602,137) increased by 15.8 percent, while those from Taiwan (81,096) and Korea (39,380) decreased by 2.7 percent and 13.3 percent respectively.

In the first two months of 2013, visitor arrivals totaled 4,689,161, up by 2.1 percent year-on-year.

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