MACAO, February 23 -- Macao logged some 300,000 visitors during the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays from Sunday to Tuesday, 20 percent up over the same period in 2006, according to official statistics issued Friday.

The figures from the Government Tourist Office showed that the visitor arrivals covered 140,000 from the Chinese mainland and 120, 000 from Hong Kong.

The average hotel occupancy rate reached 92.88 percent during the three-day term, a year-on-year rise of 0.23 percent, the figures displayed.