Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that visitor arrivals reached 2,371,754 in January 2008, a year-on-year increase of 16.3%. Visitors from Mainland China (1,421,782) and Southeast Asia (109,738) grew by 23.0% and 58.2% respectively, while those from Hong Kong (581,860) decreased by 3.7%. Same-day visitors accounted for 52.3% of the total arrivals, at 1,240,119.

The majority of the visitors came from Mainland China and Hong Kong, which accounted for 59.9% and 24.5% of the total respectively. Among the Mainland visitors, 42.2% (600,324) travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme.

Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea went up by 10.2% over January 2007 to 721,972. Among them, 673,169 arrived at the Outer Harbour (+9.4%), with 53.9% from Hong Kong and 24.8% from Mainland China.

Visitor arrivals by land increased by 19.4% to 1,522,875. Arrivals through the Border Gate rose by 13.6% to 1,448,854. The majority of these visitors came from Mainland China (79.4%) and Hong Kong (14.0%).

In addition, visitor arrivals by air stood at 126,907, up by 17.8% over January 2007. Arrivals at the Macao International Airport up by 17.6% to 125,355, and visitors from Taiwan, China (34.1%), South East Asia (26.4%) and Mainland China (23.4%) were the major users.