Macao recorded 1.7 million visitor arrivals in August, an increase of 7.1 percent over the same period of last year, according to official statistics issued Wednesday.

The figures from the Statistics and Census Service (SCS) showed that the majority of visitors came in the month from the Chinese mainland (54.3 percent of the total), Hong Kong (32.5 percent) and Taiwan (8 percent).

The SCS statistics also showed that 55.3 percent of the mainland visitors were under the individual visit scheme.

The SCS attributed the strong visitor flow to the summer holidays.

In the first eight months of the year, visitor arrivals totaled 12,321,130, a year-on-year rise of 13.3 percent.

Source: Xinhua