| Package tour visitors surge by 51percent in March
Visitor arrivals on package tours surged by 51. 3 percent year-on-year to 212,906. In the first quarter of 2012, visitor-guests accounted for 64. 2 percent of total); Hong Kong (19. The most popular tour itineraries were Mainland China (80. 3 percent year-on-year respectively. 5 percent); and Taiwan (15. In the first quarter of 2012, visitors on package tours totalled 2,050,476, up by 45. 7 percent, 87. 6 percent to 85 percent. 9 percent and 20. 5 percent from the same period of 2011. Meanwhile, outbound residents travelling in package tours increased by 58. 0 percent, 42. Those from Taiwan (70,556); Hong Kong (35,765); the Republic of Korea (28,449); and Japan (23,402) soared by 163. Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that among the package tour arrivals, visitors from Mainland China (531,096) increased by 45. 7 percent of the total. Hotels and guesthouses received 760,416 guests in March, an increase of 12. Meanwhile, outbound residents travelling under their own arrangements who used the services of travel agencies increased significantly by 68. 6 percent year-on-year. The average occupancy rate of hotels and guesthouses stood at 85. The number of available guest rooms of the 95 hotels and guesthouses in Macau totalled 22,272 at the end of March, an increase of 2,143 rooms (10. 3 percent of the total number of overnight visitors, higher than the 61. |
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Package tour visitors surge by 51percent in March
