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Per-capita spending of Macao's visitors decreased by nine percent year-on-year to 1,621 patacas (205 U.S. dollars) in the third quarter of 2009, according to the figures released on Tuesday by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
The DSEC figures showed that per-capita spending of Chinese mainland visitors took the lead, at 3,268 patacas (414 dollars) while that of visitors from Southeast Asia, China's Taiwan and Hong Kong amounted to 1,645 patacas (208 dollars), 1,258 patacas (159 dollars) and 1,088 patacas (138 dollars) respectively.
The city saw the visitor's per-capita shopping spending decreased by four percent to 690 patacas (87 dollars), with expenses on Local food products and Clothing sharing 28 percent and 16 percent respectively.
Meanwhile, the visitor's per-capita non-shopping spending, excluding gaming expenses, fell by 12 percent year-on-year to 931 patacas (118 dollars), of which expenses on Accommodation and Food and beverage accounted for 47 percent and 31 percent respectively, according to the DSEC.
In addition, the average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.1 days in the period, with Chinese mainland visitors staying an average of 1.4 days, according to the DSEC. |
