Macao sees strong visitor flow
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-24 14:53
Macao recorded 15.89 million visitor arrivals in the first nine months, a
year-on-year rise of 15.4 percent, according to official statistics issued on
Tuesday.
The figures released by the government-run Statistics and Census Service
(SCS) showed that the majority of visitors came in the period from the Chinese
mainland (54.8 percent), Hong Kong (31.4 percent) and Taiwan (6.8 percent).
Macao, with its famed casino gaming industry, has long been a tourism
destination in Asia.
The region, with a population of 503,000, logged a record 18.71 million
visitor arrivals in 2005 and the number is predicted by local analysts to exceed
21 million this year. (For more biz stories, please visit Industry Updates)
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