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A total of 1.029 million tourists visited Macau from the first to last day of the Chinese New Year holiday, according to data released by the government. This is an increase of 3.24 per cent in relation to last year’s CNY holiday period.
“There was a growth of 3 per cent year-on-year of inbound visitors during the Chinese New Year Holiday. The growth of Mainland Chinese visitors was 5 to 6 per cent, which is in line with our expectations”, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Director of the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) said of the data recorded during Chinese New Year. “I believe the 24-hour border entry at Hengqin is a beneficial factor for Mainland visitors to choose to come to Macau in different time slots”, she added regarding the higher growth of the number of Mainland tourists in comparison to the overall increase.
In relation to border movements it totalled 2.87 million during the same period, as the number of entries stood at 1.46 million, while total departures stood at 1.41 million. In terms of checkpoints, the Border Gate registered the largest amount of traffic accounting for 934,677 arrivals and 949,947 departures over the seven days. The Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal was the second busiest checkpoint totalling 226,177 arrivals and 213,274 departures.
J.S.F.