Macau, special and autonomous administrative Chinese region, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China, a former Portuguese colony until 1999, a near neighbour of Hong Kong that occupies a small peninsula and two islands off China's southern coast, a land which has seen its low - key colonial character give way to massive commercial and tourist development with an economy revolving around tourism and capitalising on its long history as a gambling centre, highlighted by giant Casinos and for that nicknamed the "Las Vegas of Asia" is experiencing visitor arrivals in strong growth according to the Statistics and Census Service.
According to official data provided in January 2025 Macau recorded 3.646.561 visitor arrivals, a year - on - year increase of 27.4% and the second -highest monthly figure on record, the only month to exceed that total was August 2024, when tourist arrivals exceeded 3.651.731.
The Statistic and Census Service reported that the same - day visitors accounted for about 59%, 2.16 million of the total arrivals.
In 2024 the Chinese authorities introduced a number of measure to support Macau, including increasing the tax - exempt limit for personal - use goods purchased by visitors from mainland China and in addition expanding the list of cities eligible for the individual visit scheme from Hong Kong and Macau, adding ten more locations.
Since 1st January 2025 the residents of Zhuhai, city located on the west bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern Guangdong province are also allowed to visit Macau once a week and stay there for up to seven days.
The large majority of visitors indicated with the 91.3% came from mainland China followed by Hong Kong and Taiwan, international arrivals amounted to 241.000 representing a year - on -year increase of 21% and South Korea remained the largest international market for Macau, with 65.000 visitors, followed by the Philippines with 48.500 arrivals with a 42.2% increase in comparison with the previous year.
January's total came close to setting a new record despite a 3.5% drop in visitor numbers during the famed "golden week" of the Lunar New Year, compared to the same holiday period in 2024.
Further data was provided by the Public Security Police which registered that Macau recorded 1.31 million tourist arrivals between 28th January and 4th February 2025, with an average of 163.700 visitors per day.
The Director of MGTO, the Macau Government Tourism Bureau, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, has expressed her hopes that the Chinese autonomous city will be able to attract between 38 and 39 million of visitor in 2025 and the target of more three million international tourists this year was set.
Link - https://www.expreso.info/noticias/internacional/105392_las_llegadas_de_turistas_macao_aumentan_un_27
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