{"id":777001952,"date":"2023-02-01T06:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T09:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001952"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:03:23","slug":"macau-ggr-up-232-6-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-up-232-6-in-january","title":{"rendered":"Macau GGR up 232.6% in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau GGR bounced back to MOP11.6bn (US$1.4bn) in January, rising 232.6 per cent month-on-month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.-&nbsp;<strong>Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue (GGR)&nbsp;<\/strong>grew 232.6 per cent month-on-month from MOP3.48bn (US$433n) in December to MOP11.6bn in January. Revenue was up 82.5 per cent&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-down-20-3-in-january\" target=\"_blank\">year-on-year<\/a> and represents the best monthly performance since January 2020 \u2013 before the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), the rise was the result of the end of mainland China&#8217;s and Macau&#8217;s &#8216;zero-covid&#8217; policies at the beginning of the month, which resulted in an increase in tourism, as well as the seven-day <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-records-451047-tourist-arrivals-during-chinese-new-year\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese New Year<\/a> holiday period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city received&nbsp;<strong>451,047 visitors&nbsp;<\/strong>during the 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For full-year 2022, Macau\u2019s casino GGR&nbsp;<strong>decreased by 51.4 per cent<\/strong>&nbsp;compared with 2021 to MOP42.19bn (US$5.25bn). That\u2019s just 14 per cent of pre-pandemic 2019 and the lowest yearly figure since 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau GGR bounced back to MOP11.6bn (US$1.4bn) in January, rising 232.6 per cent month-on-month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25621,"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 Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) surged to MOP11.6bn (US$1.4bn) in January, marking a 232.6% month-on-month increase and its best performance since January 2020. This rebound is attributed to the cessation of 'zero-covid' policies and the Chinese New Year holiday, significantly boosting tourism and signaling a potential market recovery after a challenging 2022.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO)","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.98), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Outlook","query":"What are the projected GGR growth trajectories for Macau in H1 2023, considering the sustained impact of policy normalisation and potential shifts in VIP vs. mass market contributions?"},{"label":"Operator Investment Strategy","query":"How are major Macau concessionaires adjusting their capital expenditure and operational strategies in response to this GGR rebound, particularly regarding non-gaming diversification and market segment targeting?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163,158],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777001952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","category-slider-home","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001952","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=777001952"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001996,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001952\/revisions\/777001996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}