Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals increased by 1.9% year-on-year to 2,382,156 in April 2012; same-day visitors (1,257,210) accounted for 52.8% of the total. The average length of stay of visitors increased by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.1 days, with that of overnight visitors and same-day visitors being 2.1 days and 0.2 day respectively.

Analyzed by place of residence, visitors from Mainland China increased by 9.5% year-on-year to 1,391,119 (58.4% of total), mostly from Guangdong Province (641,433), Fujian Province (72,755), Zhejiang Province (50,776) and Hunan Province (49,920). Mainland visitors travelling to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) totalled 541,551, up by 9.3% year-on-year. The average length of stay of Mainland visitors was 1.1 days, with that of overnight visitors at 2.2 days.

Visitors from Hong Kong (654,803); and Taiwan, China (85,718) decreased by 7.7% and 22.4% respectively year-on-year; however, those from the Philippines (28,972), the Republic of Korea (28,119) and Japan (26,591) increased by 20.0%, 8.7% and 24.0%. Besides, long-haul visitors from the Americas (29,460) and Europe (24,786) also recorded year-on-year increase of 5.7% and 3.1% respectively, while those from Oceania (12,173) decreased by 2.9%.

In the first four months of 2012, visitor arrivals increased by 6.3% year-on-year to 9,324,476. Visitors from Mainland China (5,618,826), the Republic of Korea (153,701) and Japan (137,864) increased by 13.5%, 16.2% and 11.3% respectively; long-haul visitors also registered year-on-year increase. Visitors from Hong Kong (2,375,016) and Taiwan, China (335,532) decreased by 4.5% and 13.1% respectively. Same-day visitors accounted for 54.0% of the total at 5,038,499.