Macao Receives Over 120,000 Group Tourists in JulyThe number of tourists in group to China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) dropped 9 percent year on year to stand at 123,900 in July, according to the latest official figures.China's inland remains the largest tourist source for Macao, with 70,200 visitors to the SAR. The figure, however, went down 16. 3 percent from a year ago. The SAR reports a total of 844,600 tourist arrivals in group in the first seven months of this year, down 9.4 percent from a year ago. On the other hand, 16,200 Macao residents, out of a total population of roughly 440,000, traveled to other places in July, soaring 34.7 percent year on year. Their first choice was China's inland, which received 64.2 percent of the Macao tourists. Thailand and Japan were also their favored destinations. Macao Receives More Tourists in JulyThe number of tourists to China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) inched up 0.3 percent year on year to 850,700 in July, according to the latest official tallies. Figures released Thursday by the Statistics and Census Services show that Hong Kong remains the largest tourist source for Macao. The number of tourists from Hong Kong, China's inland area, Taiwan and Japan accounts for 52.8 percent, 26.1 percent, 15.3 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively, of the total. |
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