Macao's First Quarter Clothing Price Index Dropped By 4% In The First Quarter Of 2011.

Macao Statistics The Census Bureau starts in the first quarter of 2011 and adopts the new base period from October 2009 to September 2010. price index 。 In the first quarter of 2011, the tourism price index (112.88) increased by 14.58% year on year. rise It is mainly driven by residential services, pushing up the tourism price index by 8.7 percentage points.

During the lunar new year, hotel rooms rents and restaurant service charges rose sharply, hand food and gold ornaments. Price The rise led to significant year-on-year increases in accommodation (+32.05%), miscellaneous items (+21.49%), food and tobacco and alcohol (+10.21%) and catering (+7.35%). On the other hand, entertainment and cultural activities and clothing price indices are respectively Fall 0.92% and 0.87%.

In the first quarter of 2011, the price index of tourism increased by 4.74% on a quarterly basis, and the price index of accommodation, food, tobacco, wine and food rose by 12.43%, 6.21% and 4.73% respectively. The clothing price index dropped by 4%.

As of the first quarter of 2011, the average price index of tourism in recent four seasons increased by 12.45% compared with the previous period. The price index of miscellaneous articles (+22.12%) and accommodation (+21.39%) rose most significantly. The price index of entertainment and cultural activities dropped by 0.24%.

The price index of tourism from October 2009 to September 2010 reflects the price movements of goods and services purchased by inbound passengers. The major categories of goods and services are formulated according to the mode of consumption of passengers, including food, tobacco and wine, clothing, accommodation, catering, transportation and communications, medicines and personal effects, entertainment and cultural activities and miscellaneous items.