Visitor arrivals in package tours totaled 255,237 in August in Macao, an year-on-year rise of 13.2 percent, according to official statistics issued here on Wednesday.

The figures released by the Statistics and Census Service indicated that arrivals in package tours from January to August grew 7.1 percent over the same period of 2004.

There were 10,549 rooms available in the region's hotels and similar establishments till August, an increase of 13.7 percent over the same period of 2004, the figures showed.

In August, a total of 384,807 guests checked into hotels and similar establishments in Macao, a year-on-year rise of 2.1 percent, according to the statistics.

(Xinhua News Agency October 13, 2005)