The total number of visitor and non-resident arrivals to the Macau casino enclave was 2,329,381 in July 2009. Visitor arrivals for July 2009 decreased by 14.9% year-on-year to 1,755,103, which was mainly due to the China travel restrictions.

Analyzed by place of residence, visitors from Mainland China decreased by 19.2% year-on-year to 852,167 (48.6% of visitor arrivals), with 340,120 traveling to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, down by 42.2% from July 2008 (588,948). Visitors from Hong Kong (581,591), Japan (25,618), Republic of Korea (20,400), Thailand (18,132) and Malaysia (17,736) decreased by 12.7%, 0.8%, 10.6%, 23.2% and 29.4% respectively; however, those from Taiwan, China (117,186) rose by 2.4%. Same-day visitors (922,667) accounted for 52.6% of visitor arrivals, with 475,464 coming from Mainland China.

The cumulative visitor arrivals totaled 12,126,082 in the first seven months of 2009, down by 11.9% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China (5,980,100); Hong Kong (3,907,926); Taiwan, China (734,731); and Malaysia (178,815) fell by 17.6%; 2.4%; 6.6% and 30.1% respectively; however, those from Japan (194,745) and Thailand (148,272) increased by 1.1% and 3.8%. Cumulative number of same-day visitors accounted for 53.6% of total visitor arrivals, at 6,493,648.

Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea totalled 4,853,030 in the first seven months of 2009, down by 8.3% year-on-year. Visitors arriving at the Outer Harbour decreased by 27.1% to 3,356,145, while those arriving at the Provisional Ferry Terminal in Taipa surged by 196.0% to 1,337,631.

Visitor arrivals by land dropped by 14.8% year-on-year to 6,384,847 in the first seven months of 2009; those arriving through the Border Gate totalled 5,938,727 and the majority were visitors from Mainland China (76.3%) and Hong Kong (15.3%).

Visitor arrivals by air went down by 9.0% year-on-year to 888,205 in the first seven months of 2009. Visitors arriving at the Macao International Airport fell by 8.9% to 870,529, with the majority coming from Taiwan, China (39.1%) and Mainland China (23.8%).

Source | Macao Statistics and Census Service

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