Over 15 million visitors during the first half of the year

In the first half of 2014, visitor arrivals in Macau reached 15,283,847 (an increase of 8% year-on-year) and same-day visitors accounted for 54% of the total number, according to information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
Visitors from mainland China (+15%), Taiwan (+2%) and the Republic of Korea (+18%) increased year-on-year, while the number of visitors from Hong Kong (-6%) decreased.  Moreover, long-haul visitors from the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom recorded year-on-year increases; however, the number of arrivals from Canada and France registered declines.
In June, visitor arrivals increased by 5% year-on-year to reach 2,432,041. Same-day visitors accounted for 53% of the total, sitting at 1,297,678.
DSEC mentions that the “increase in visitor arrivals slowed after the rush during the Easter and Labour Day holidays.” Analyzed by place of residence, visitors from mainland China totaled 1,597,289, an increase of 9% year-on-year, having come primarily from Guangdong Province (667,052), Fujian Province (72,061) and Hunan Province (57,960). Mainland visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme rose by 11%, totaling 672,405. Visitors from Taiwan (85,350), the Republic of Korea (41,786) and Japan (24,208) further increased by 12%, 24% and 25% respectively year-on-year, while visitor numbers from Hong Kong (513,561) decreased by 8%. Long-haul visitors from the United States (15,317) registered a year-on-year increase; on the contrary, the number of arrivals from Australia (6,899), Canada (4,422) and the United Kingdom (3,908) all marked decreases.
The average duration of a visitor’s stay remained unchanged from the previous year, registering at 1.0 day in June 2014. Overnight visitors and same-day visitors stayed an average of 1.9 days and 0.2 of a day respectively.