{"id":777003620,"date":"2023-03-23T13:26:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777003620"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:29:35","slug":"macau-sees-highest-daily-visitor-tally-since-start-of-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-sees-highest-daily-visitor-tally-since-start-of-covid-19-pandemic","title":{"rendered":"Macau sees highest daily visitor tally since start of Covid-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Macau received 96,000 visitors on March 18, according to the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has reported that on March 18, the city received 96,000 visitors<\/strong>. That’s the highest daily count of inbound visitors since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average daily inbound visitor volume from March 1 to 22 was approximately 65,000, a 13.4 per cent increase on February’s daily average. In January<\/a> and February<\/a> combined, Macau registered almost 3 million inbound visitors, following the lifting of most Covid-19-related countermeasures in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resurgence in visitor numbers from mainland China and Hong Kong is a positive sign for Macau’s economy, which has been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The MGTO\u2019s deputy director, Ricky Hoi Io Meng<\/strong>, told media the number of inbound visitors from Hong Kong had reached \u201cover 80 per cent of the pre-Covid 19 level\u201d while that from mainland China had recovered to \u201c50 per cent”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there has not yet been significant growth in the number of international tourists, which Hoi said was still \u201crelatively low\u201d due to \u201ctransport constraints\u201d. While some air links have resumed, the volume of passengers has not yet recovered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eric Fong Hio Kin<\/strong>, marketing department director at Macau International Airport Co Ltd, said the daily volume of passengers is currently 9,000 to 10,000, which is 30 per cent to 40 per cent of the same period in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> Macau aims to increase number of visitors from overseas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Macau received 96,000 visitors on March 18, according to the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 its highest daily visitor count since 2020 on March 18, with 96,000 arrivals, signaling a robust recovery driven by mainland China and Hong Kong. While regional visitor volumes approach pre-pandemic levels, international tourist numbers remain constrained by air transport capacity, impacting the overall market recovery trajectory.","focusai_entities":"Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Ricky Hoi Io Meng, Eric Fong Hio Kin, Macau International Airport Co Ltd","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR recovery projections?","query":"Given the current visitor recovery trajectory, what are the revised GGR projections for Macau's gaming concessionaires for Q2 and H2, considering the persistent international air transport constraints?"},{"label":"Operator market share shifts?","query":"How might the differential recovery rates between Mainland China, Hong Kong, and international visitors impact market share dynamics and segment profitability across Macau's six gaming operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777003620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003620","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=777003620"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777003647,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003620\/revisions\/777003647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777003620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777003620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777003620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}