Macau hotel occupancy hits 90.2% in April
The average occupancy rate of hotel establishments was up 2.4 percentage points from a year earlier.
Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has reported that the average hotel occupancy rate was 90.2 per cent in April 2026. That’s a rise of 2.4 points year-on-year.
The rates for 5-star (93 per cent), 4-star (88.2 per cent) and 3-star hotels (84.6 per cent) showed respective year-on-year growth of 2.1, 5.8 and 0.2 percentage points. The number of guests was down by 0.8 per cent year-on-year to 1,186,000. Those from the Chinese mainland (844,000) and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (164,000) dropped by 1.7 per cent and 3.5 per cent respectively. International guests (115,000) increased by 8.1 per cent, with those from the Republic of Korea (31,000) and Thailand (12,000) up by 20.3 per cent and 40.5 per cent respectively and those from India (8,000) and Malaysia (6,000) down by 17.5 per cent and 21.1 per cent.
Inbound package tour visitors totalled 187,000, up by 7.2 per cent year-on-year. Tour visitors from the Chinese mainland rose by 4.2 per cent to 153,000 while international tour visitors rose by 6.1 per cent to 22,000.
In the first four months of 2026, the average occupancy rate of guest rooms of hotel establishments was 91.8 per cent, up by 2.2 percentage points year-on-year. The number of guests increased by 1.9 per cent year-on-year to 4,865,000, of which international guests (453,000) rose by 13.8 per cent. A total of 624,000 inbound package tour visitors were recorded in the first four months, down by 14.1 per cent year-on-year. International tour visitors grew by 13.7 per cent to 87,000.
The DSEC reported that the number of visitor arrivals to Macau increased by 11.3 per cent year-on-year to 3,441,396 in April. Same-day visitors (2,095,953) and overnight visitors (1,345,443) rose by 19.4 per cent and 0.6 per cent, respectively.
The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has reported that gross gaming revenue (GGR) was MOP19.9bn (US$2.4bn), up 5.5 per cent in year-on-year terms but 12 per cent lower than March (MOP22.6bn). Cumulatively, Macau’s GGR for the four months of 2026 was MOP85.78bn (US$10.63bn), up 12.1 per cent year-on-year but 14 per cent below pre-pandemic levels (US$12.4bn).
