{"id":777001871,"date":"2023-01-30T13:29:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T16:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001871"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:07:33","slug":"macau-records-451047-tourist-arrivals-during-chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-records-451047-tourist-arrivals-during-chinese-new-year","title":{"rendered":"Macau records 451,047 tourist arrivals during Chinese New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The average number of tourists was about 64,435 per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Macau received <strong>451,047 visitors <\/strong>during the seven-day Chinese New Year holiday period between January 21 and 27, according to the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO).&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-expects-50k-daily-tourists-during-chinese-new-year\" target=\"_blank\">The number surpassed expectations<\/a>, representing a three-fold increase from the previous year but was 38 per cent lower than in pre-pandemic 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 24, the number of visitors reached a new daily record since the pandemic began,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-receives-90416-visitors-on-third-day-of-chinese-new-year\" target=\"_blank\">with over 90,000 visitors<\/a>. Of the 451,047 visitors for the full seven days, 265,000 were from mainland China and 165,000 from Hong Kong. The&nbsp;<strong>average hotel occupancy rate was 85.7 per cent<\/strong>, at 92.1 per cent on the third day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MGTO stated that these positive figures showed intention to travel to Macau a desire to experience the city.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-received-95700-visitors-in-the-first-six-days-of-chinese-new-year\" target=\"_blank\">In 2022<\/a>,&nbsp;the average number of tourists during Chinese New Year was about 15,949 per day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The average number of tourists was about 64,435 per day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22443,"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 recorded 451,047 visitors during the seven-day Chinese New Year holiday, a threefold increase from the previous year, yet 38% below pre-pandemic 2019 levels. 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