| Daily news, 02 Apr 2008 |
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MACAU – Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that Macau registered a record high of 26,992,995 visitor arrivals in 2007, up by 23 percent over 2006. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong accounted for 55 percent and 30 percent of the total, respectively. Mainland visitors who travelled to Macau under the Individual Visit Scheme totalled 7,165,203, (+24 percent) while visitor arrivals in package tours rose by 45 percent to 4,233,714.
The opening of three new hotels in 2007 increased the availability of guest rooms by 24% to 16,148. While the number of hotel guests jumped by 23% year-on-year to 5,739,734, the average hotel occupancy rate rose by 5.0 percentage points to 77.2%. The average length of stay of hotel guests was 1.36 nights, an increase of 0.15 night compared with 2006.
Per-capita spending of visitors was MOP 1,637 in 2007, up by 2% over 2006, of which Mainland visitors had the highest per-capita spending of MOP 3,080.
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