Again Macau breaks new records with the arrival of about 779,000 vistors during the Christmas holidays, with at least thirty thousand Hong Kong people congesting the entry ways of Macau as most of them began their Christmas holidays on Tuesday.

Information from the Chinese language Macau Daily newspaper showed that the number of arrivals reached 55,000 as of 5 p.m. Tuesday. Among the arrivals, there were 20,000 Hong Kong tourists arriving in Macau via the ferry terminal, and 25,000 Mainland tourists of which 20,000 came in via the border gate.

Most of the tourists said that they would like to enjoy the Christmas festival atmosphere in Macau. As the number of casinos continues to surge in 2007, most of them expected to experience a new festival celebration here in Macau.

Tourists from Mainland China wanted to experience the festival atmosphere here because there will not be as much Christmas celebrations and decorations in Mainland China.

Tourists from Hong Kong wanted to experience an exotic festival atmosphere as a result of the American style casinos that have been built. The most popular visiting site would be the Venetian Macau Resort.

Most of them said that they would take the casino buses to visit the casino as they are free and convenient. However, they also complained that it was difficult to get taxis.