{"id":13079,"date":"2021-01-06T10:47:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T10:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=13079"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:55:18","slug":"macau-visitors-down-over-new-year-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-visitors-down-over-new-year-holiday","title":{"rendered":"Macau: visitors down over New Year holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Number of arrivals in Macau for New Year down compared to the daily average during Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- New Year holiday has not been as successful as the Christmas period for Macau tourism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to official figures from the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), the daily average number of arriving visitors in the period 31 December to 3 January hit 21,242. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MGTO also revealed that the average daily tally of visitor arrivals recorded for the \u201cNew Year\u201d break marked a 13.3 per cent decrease compared to the &#8220;Christmas&#8221; season (23 December to 27 December inclusive) \u2013 and a 1 per cent decline when compared to the average daily visitor arrivals for the full month of December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the data, 92.4 per cent Macau\u2019s average 31 December to 3 January visitors, or 19,629 arrivals daily, were from mainland China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average hotel occupancy rate of Macau\u2019s hotels \u2013 including guesthouses \u2013 reached 67.2 per cent for during the period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average hotel occupancy rates of Macau\u2019s three four and  five-star hotels was 73 per cent, 69.9 per cent and 67.6 per cent respectively during the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average room rate of Macau\u2019s hotels and guesthouses charged during the New Year break stood at MOP1,127.6 (US$141.2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average nightly rate for three-star hotels during the holiday period was MOP694.2 while for five-star hotels it was MOP1,447.7, and four-star hotels MOP701.1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Number of arrivals in Macau for New Year down compared to the daily average during Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's New Year holiday visitor arrivals averaged 21,242 daily, marking a 13.3% decrease compared to the Christmas season and a 1% decline from December's daily average. 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