133,911 people arrived in Macau on Sunday (April 30), the highest daily total since early 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- Preliminary data released by Macau’s Public Security Police show the number of tourist arrivals during China’s Labour Day period (April 29 to May 3) reached 491,968<\/strong>. That’s a daily average of just below 98,400<\/strong>. The police did not provide a year-on-year comparison, but the number of arrivals on Sunday April 30 (133,911) was the highest daily total since early 2020 before the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Almost 62 per cent of tourists, approximately 303,000, entered Macau through border checkpoints solely serving mainland China. Analysts at Credit Suisse<\/a> predicted daily gross gaming revenue (GGR) of up to MOP750m (US$92.8m) <\/strong>for the holiday period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rise comes after Macau ended travel restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic<\/a> in January, dropping testing requirements for travellers from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. L. During Easter week, Macau received 480,000 visitors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Macau has reported that GGR for April<\/a> was up 15.6 per cent month-on-month<\/a> from MOP12.73bn to MOP14.72bn (US$1.83bn). The figure was up 449.9 per cent when compared to last year and made April the best month since January 2020. Accumulated GGR for the first four months of the year reached MOP46.36bn (US$5.75bn), a 141.4 per cent yearly increase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 133,911 people arrived in Macau on Sunday (April 30), the highest daily total since early 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26653,"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 tourist arrivals during China's Labour Day period, with 491,968 visitors and a daily high of 133,911 on April 30, marking the highest daily total since early 2020. This influx, following the lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions, propelled April's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) to MOP14.72bn (US$1.83bn), a 15.6% month-on-month increase and a 449.9% year-on-year rise, making it the best month since January 2020.","focusai_entities":"Public Security Police, Credit Suisse","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Sustainability?","query":"What is the projected sustainability of Macau's GGR recovery trajectory, considering potential shifts in mainland China's outbound tourism policies and the evolving competitive landscape among concessionaires?"},{"label":"Non-Gaming Revenue Impact?","query":"How are the increased tourist arrivals impacting non-gaming revenue streams for Macau's integrated resorts, and what strategies are operators deploying to diversify revenue beyond traditional gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777004883","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\/777004883","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=777004883"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004921,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004883\/revisions\/777004921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}