{"id":17525,"date":"2021-05-04T16:25:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17525"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:49:51","slug":"macau-arrivals-drop-on-third-day-of-labour-day-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-arrivals-drop-on-third-day-of-labour-day-break","title":{"rendered":"Macau: arrivals drop on third day of Labour Day break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau authorities registered 34,000 entries via the international airport and Hengqin Port on May 3, while more than 160,000 entries were registered the previous day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The\u00a0<strong>Labour Day break <\/strong>has seen an increase in visitors to Macau, although <strong>numbers dropped to <strong>34,000<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>on the third day of the break.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 2 saw 160,000 entries, well over the previous post-pandemic high of <strong>34,353<\/strong> entries on April 16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-sees-highest-number-of-arrivals-during-labour-day-break\">Macau authorities<\/a>\u00a0predicted that daily visitors could increase by 20 per cent during the Labour Day Break while the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-occupancy-rate-could-reach-80-during-labour-day-break\">Macao Government Tourism Office<\/a>\u00a0forecast a hotel occupancy rate between 70 per cent to 80 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-up-1-01-in-april\">Macau<\/a>\u00a0reported<strong>\u00a0gross gambling revenue of MOP$8.4bn (US$1.05bn)<\/strong>, up 1.01 per cent and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-tourism-continues-to-rise-ggr-up-slightly\">a total of 760,000 tourism arrivals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To increase tourist arrivals,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-negotiating-covid-19-test-exemption-for-vaccinated-travellers\">Macau<\/a>\u00a0is negotiating with mainland China to\u00a0<strong>allow people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel between Macau and mainland China\u00a0<\/strong>without needing to show a negative nucleic acid test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau authorities registered 34,000 entries via the international airport and Hengqin Port on May 3, while more than 160,000 entries were registered the previous day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17534,"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 experienced a significant surge in visitor arrivals during the Labour Day break, with May 2nd registering a post-pandemic high of 160,000 entries, though numbers moderated subsequently. This influx contributed to April's Gross Gaming Revenue reaching MOP$8.4bn (US$1.05bn), a 1.01% increase, alongside 760,000 total tourism arrivals. Authorities are actively negotiating with mainland China to streamline travel for vaccinated individuals, aiming to further boost tourism and, by extension, gaming sector performance.","focusai_entities":"Macao Government Tourism Office","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Hengqin Port","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.98), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Trajectory?","query":"What is the projected timeline for Macau's GGR to return to pre-pandemic levels, considering the current visitor recovery rates and ongoing travel policy negotiations?"},{"label":"Policy Impact on NGR?","query":"How will the proposed vaccinated travel corridor between Macau and mainland China specifically impact Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for integrated resort operators, factoring in potential changes to player demographics and average spend?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[23907,23906],"class_list":["post-17525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-land-based-casino","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17548,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17525\/revisions\/17548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}