More than 1.5 million international visitors arrived in Macau in the first six months of 2008, up 46.5 per cent on the same 2007 period, according to the Macau Government Tourist Office.
This figure does not include the 8.8 million mainland China residents
who visited in the same period. Arrivals from East and Southeast Asian
countries rose most notably, with growth ranging from 29 per cent to 82
per cent.
In total, 14,925,604, tourist arrivals were recorded in Macau, up 18.1%
over the same period in 2007. Visitors from mainland China totalled 8,776,232, or 58% of total tourist arrivals.
The purchasing power of Chinese visitors was also the highest among all
visitors, with a per capita spending of 3,461 patacas - almost double that of other visitors.
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