Tourists flocking to Macau grew 3.7 percent in May, with visitors from mainland China leading the pack to the former Portuguese enclave.

Data provided by Macau’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) showed that the number of Macau was at 2,570,428 in May 2017, higher the figures posted during the same period last year. But in terms of month-to-month comparison, the number of tourist fell 6.3 percent last month compared to the numbers set in April this year.

Overnight visitors (1,376,336) went up by 14.2% year-on-year while same-day visitors (1,194,092) decreased by 6.1%. The average length of stay of visitors rose by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.3 days; overnight visitors and same-day visitors stayed an average of 2.2 days and 0.2 day respectively, the same as in May last year.

Once again, mainland Chinese visitors boosted the Macau’s tourist statistics, rising 4.4 percent 4.4% year-on-year to 1,702,578 in May. The number of mainland Chinese visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme went up by 9.9 percent year-on-year to 789,488, said the statistics bureau.