MACAO, Oct. 8 -- The visitor arrivals in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) reached more than 980,000 during the "Golden Week" of the National Day holiday, up 11.5 percent year-on-year, the SAR tourism office said on Tuesday.

Visitor arrivals from the mainland reached more than 798,000 during the seven-day holiday, up by 9.4 percent year-on-year, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said.

Meanwhile, a total of 163,000 visitors arrived in Macao on Oct. 5, the peak day during the seven days, up 22 percent year-on-year.

The MGTO had actively prepared for the arrival of the visitors by carrying out a series of tasks, including operation of tourism notification system, it said.