Macau hotel occupancy rate reaches 88.8% in March
The average occupancy rate was up 5.1 percentage points in year-on-year terms.
Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has reported that the average hotel occupancy rate in Macau was 88.8 per cent in March, a rise of 5.1 percentage points year-on-year. The number of available guest rooms remained flat at 44,000 while the average length of stay remained at 1.6 nights. The number of guests at hotels dropped by 2.7 per cent year-on-year to 1,203,000.
Inbound package tour visitors totalled 244,000, a 5.6 per cent yearly increase, with those from mainland China growing by 2.4 per cent to 214,000. International tour visitors increased by 21.5 per cent to 24,000, with those coming from the Republic of Korea (11,000) up by 41.9 per cent.
Some 435,000 Macau citizens contracted travel agencies for outbound services, a decrease of 0.8 per cent compared to last year. Those travelling under their own arrangements were down by 6.1 per cent to 31,000, while those travelling on package tours increased by 13.7 per cent to 14,000.
In the first quarter of the year, the average hotel occupancy rate rose by 5.2 percentage points year-on-year to 90.1 per cent. The number of guests decreased by 5.4 per cent year-on-year to 3,574,000. At the end of the first quarter, there were 147 hotels in Macau, an increase of 6 compared to last year.
The occupancy rate for 5-star hotels was 93.2 per cent, up 6.1 percentage points, compared to 4-star hotels 84.5 per cent, up 3.4 percentage points and 3-star hotels 86.6 per cent, up 5.5 points.
The average length of stay remained at 1.7 nights. A total of 550,000 inbound package tour visitors were recorded, an increase of 9.1 per cent year-on-year. Tour visitors from mainland China rose by 6.3 per cent year-on-year to 477,000. International tour visitors increased by 19.8 per cent to 60,000, with those coming from the Republic of Korea (33,000) growing by 43.5 per cent.
Guests from mainland China numbered 2,721,000, a decrease of 3.4 per cent. International guests increased to 292,000, up 8.1 per cent year-on-year.
Macau visitor numbers rise in March
The DSEC has reported that 3,068,920 people visited Macau in March. The figure was up 12.8 per cent in year-on-year terms and down 2.49 per cent sequentially. Same-day visitors (1,780,279) rose by 23.3 per cent year-on-year, and overnight visitors (1,288,641) increased by 0.9 per cent. The average length of stay shortened by 0.1 of a day year-on-year to 1.1 days. The duration for same-day visitors remained at 0.2 days and that for overnight visitors 2.3 days.
In the first quarter of the year, 9,862,665 people visited Macau. That’s an increase of 11.1 per cent in year-on-year terms. Same-day visitors (5,823,384) rose by 21.5 per cent year-on-year, and overnight visitors (4,039,281) dropped by 1.1 per cent. The average length of stay decreased by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.1 days.
