Visitor arrivals in package tours reached 431,655 in December 2007, up notably by 33.6% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China (292,812) and Taiwan, China (27,935) surged by 28.3% and 130.0% respectively compared with December 2006; however, visitors from Hong Kong (36,462) dropped by 3.4%. For the whole year of 2007, visitors arrived in package tours jumped by 44.7% over 2006 to 4,233,714.
In December 2007, the number of Macao residents travelling in package tours decreased by 5.7% year-on-year to 25,553. Mainland China, Japan and Thailand were the three most popular tour itineraries, which accounted for 79.3%, 4.7% and 4.6% of the total respectively. For the whole year of 2007, Macao residents travelling in package tours dropped by 22.1% over 2006 to 212,107.
