Macau's number of visitor arrivals between last Friday, Chinese New Year's (CNY) Eve and yesterday fell 76.5 percent to 243,204 compared to the same CNY period last year, according to data from the Public Security Police (PSP), which includes the Immigration Department, released by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) today.
The figures show that the number of visitor arrivals has dropped continuously over the CNY holiday period. On CNY's Eve, the number dropped 34.6 percent to 55,098. Yesterday, the number of arrivals decreased 89.1 percent to 21,584.
The number of mainland Chinese visitor arrivals declined 81.7 percent between CNY's Eve and yesterday to 139,580 Yesterday, their number fell 91.8 percent to 12,431.
Between last Friday and yesterday, mainlanders accounted for 57.4 percent of Macau's total number of visitor arrivals.
