Macau, special and autonomous administrative Chinese region which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China recorded an impressive 25% rise in May’s visitor arrivals according to data released by the DSEC, the SAR’s Statistic and Census Service.
Data showed the number of same - day visitors surged by 39.2% to nearly 2 million, while overnight visitors rose by 9.4% to over 1.37 million.
The average length of stay for all visitors decreased slighty by 0.1% day to 1.1 days, which the services attributed to a higher proportion of same - day travellers.
The visitor counts in May experienced a very relevant boost during the “May Golden Week”, a well known five - day holiday period in mainland China centered around Labour Day on 1st May.
Investment analysts described the influx as “robust”, with daily arrival averages surpassing 170.000. This impressive surge led to more than 850.000 visitors during the holiday season alone.
In terms of sources, the SAR’s Statistic and Census Service noted that the visitor numbers from the Chinese mainland reached 2.439.936, up by 31.4% compared to the same period last year.
Arrivals from Hong Kong and Taiwan rose by 6.7% and 14.3% respectively, with international visitor arrivals totalled 232.211, another impressive achievement that means an increase of 25.6% year - on - year.
Correspondingly, Macau’s gaming sector also prospered, the GGR, the gross gaming revenue for May reached MOP21.19 billion, approximately $2.62 billion marking the highest monthly revenue since the onset of the Covid - 19 pandemic.
This was also also the first time in 2025 that the gross gaming revenue surpassed the MOP20.0 million mark, reinforcing the resurgence of the city’s gaming industry alongside tourism.
Macau saw 34.93 million visitor arrivals in 2024, a significant increase from the previous year and recovering to 88.6% of 2019 levels.
Continuing this momentum with these brilliant performances MGTO, the Macau Government Tourism Office is aiming for 38 – 39 million visitors in 2025.
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