{"id":31241,"date":"2022-06-29T02:55:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T05:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=31241"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:20:54","slug":"macau-occupancy-rate-down-27-9-percentage-points-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-occupancy-rate-down-27-9-percentage-points-in-may","title":{"rendered":"Macau occupancy rate down 27.9 percentage points in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has reported that Macau\u2019s hotel occupancy rate was 34.2 per cent in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Authorities in Macau have revealed that the\u00a0average hotel occupancy rate<\/strong>\u00a0fell by 27.9 percentage points to 34.3 per cent in May. The figure was down despite\u00a0Macau\u2019s Labour Day break<\/a>, which saw 136,647 people visit the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)<\/strong> director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes expected Macau to see an average occupancy rate of \u201c60 per cent or higher\u201d<\/a> during the Labour Day break. However, the national holidays finished with disappointing visitor numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of hotel guests fell 40 per cent year-on-year to 457,000.\u00a0Mainland Chinese visitors decreased by 48.8 per cent to 338,000<\/strong>. Domestic visitors increased by 28.1 per cent mainly due to staycation packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the first five months of the year<\/strong>, the average occupancy rate decreased by 14.1 percentage points year-on-year to 37.3 per cent. The number of guests was down 24.4 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau casinos to request negative Covid-19 test for entry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As previously reported by Focus Gaming News,\u00a0casinos remain open<\/a>\u00a0despite the increase in Covid-19 cases in Macau. However, operators have been ordered to request a\u00a0negative Covid-19 test result\u00a0<\/strong>issued within the previous 48 hours from all visitors. Customers will also have their body temperature taken and must present a health-declaration statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Casino staff will also be required to provide a negative Covid-19 result before each shift and must wear KN95 protective masks when customers are present. The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau has stressed that people should keep a sufficient distance from others and wear protective masks inside venues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has reported that Macau\u2019s hotel occupancy rate was 34.2 per cent in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21513,"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 hotel occupancy rate in May fell significantly to 34.2%, with visitor numbers down 40% year-on-year despite the Labour Day break. Concurrently, Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau has mandated stringent COVID-19 entry protocols for casinos, requiring negative tests for both patrons and staff, alongside other health declarations. These measures reflect ongoing operational challenges and regulatory responses to public health concerns impacting the region's gaming and tourism sectors.","focusai_entities":"Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected GGR impact of these sustained low occupancy rates and new entry protocols on Macau's concessionaires for Q2 and Q3, considering the operational expenditure implications of enhanced health measures?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Costs","query":"How do the mandated COVID-19 testing and health declaration protocols impact the operational expenditure and human resource allocation for Macau's integrated resort operators, and what are the potential compliance risks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-31241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31241","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=31241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31283,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31241\/revisions\/31283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}