Tourists visit the Ruins of St. Paul's in south China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), on Oct 8, 2019. The visitor arrivals in Macao 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. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
MACAO, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- 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.
