Macau visitor arrivals up 8.5% in January-September

Visitor arrivals reached 32.1 million in the first nine months of 2026, according to the Statistics and Census Service.

Key takeaways:

• Macau recorded 32,181,272 visitor arrivals in the first three quarters of 2026, up 8.5 per cent year-on-year.
• Same-day visitor arrivals increased by 14.5 per cent to 19.8 million, while overnight arrivals remained stable at 12.4 million.
• Macau welcomed 3.22 million visitors in September, up 15.9 per cent year-on-year, while the average length of stay across the first three quarters fell by 0.1 day to 1.0 day.

Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has confirmed that the number of visitor arrivals increased by 8.5 per cent year-on-year to 32,181,272 in the first three quarters of 2026. Same-day visitors (19,783,856) rose by 14.5 per cent year-on-year, while overnight visitors (12,397,416) held stable. Meanwhile, the average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.0 day, with that of overnight visitors (2.3 days) remaining unchanged.

As for visitor sources, visitors from the Chinese mainland rose by 10.7 per cent year-on-year to 23,884,916, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (13,153,979) up 14.3 per cent. Visitors from Taiwan (882,023) went up by 21.3 per cent year-on-year, while those from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (5,464,916) dropped by 0.3 per cent.

International visitors totalled 1,949,417, up by 3.4 per cent year-on-year. Visitors from Thailand (154,885) rose by 34.8 per cent, while those from the Philippines (363,120) and Indonesia (122,366) fell by 5.2 per cent and 16.5 per cent, respectively. 

Visitors from India (91,857) grew by 13.5 per cent year-on-year, and vsitors from the Republic of Korea (374,590) decreased by 2.1 per cent year-on-year. Visitors from the USA (120,071) went up by 6.9 per cent year-on-year.

In September 2026, the number of visitor arrivals was up by 15.9 per cent year-on-year to 3,216,535; same-day visitors (1,933,257) and overnight visitors (1,283,278) grew by 23.8 per cent and 5.7 per cent respectively. The number of international visitors totalled over 180,000, up by 2.6 per cent year-on-year. The cumulative average length of stay of visitors decreased by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.1 days, with that of overnight visitors (2.4 days) shortening by 0.1 day.

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has reported that Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was MOP18.06bn (US$2.23bn) in September, a decrease of 1.2 per cent in year-on-year terms and 17.5 per cent below August’s US$2.71bn. September saw the fourth consecutive month of year-on-year GGR decline and the lowest monthly figure this year. Cumulatively, Macau’s GGR for the first nine months of 2026 was MOP181.341bn (US$20.95bn)