Macau visitor arrivals up 2.4% in July
Visitor arrivals reached 3.5 million, according to the Statistics and Census Service.
Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has reported that the number of visitor arrivals increased by 2.4 per cent year-on-year to 3,542,218 in July 2026. Same-day visitors (2,107,744) rose by 6.4 per cent year-on-year while overnight visitors (1,434,474) dropped by 2.9 per cent. Meanwhile, the average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.1 days, with that of overnight visitors (2.4 days) remaining unchanged.
Visitors from the Chinese mainland increased by 5.4 per cent year-on-year to 2,701,203, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (1,493,612) rising by 9.6 per cent. Visitors from the Taiwan region (104,833) were up by 13.9 per cent year-on-year, while those from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (561,713) dropped by 10.2 per cent.
International visitors totalled 174,469 in July, down by 1.9 per cent year-on-year. Those from the Philippines (32,865) and Thailand (12,081) fell by 13.3 per cent and 2.2 per cent, respectively, while visitors from India (10,261) rose by 66.4 per cent year-on-year. Visitors from the Republic of Korea (27,531) decreased by 14.7 per cent and those from the USA (15,859) increased by 0.4 per cent year-on-year.
In the first seven months of 2026, the number of visitor arrivals rose by 8 per cent year-on-year to 24,486,664; same-day visitors (14,997,588) grew by 13.9 per cent while overnight visitors (9,489,076) edged down by 0.3 per cent. The number of international visitors totalled 1,596,917, up by 5.1 per cent year-on-year. Meanwhile, the cumulative average length of stay decreased by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1 day, with that of overnight visitors (2.3 days) remaining unchanged.
The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) reported that Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was MOP20.26bn (US$2.51bn) in July, down 8.4 per cent year-on-year, but up 9.4 per cent compared to June’s MOP18.52bn (US$2.29bn). Cumulatively, Macau’s GGR for the first seven months of 2026 was MOP147.16bn (US$18.22bn), up 4.4 per cent year-on-year.
