{"id":777005452,"date":"2023-05-22T12:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T15:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005452"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:46:20","slug":"macau-hotel-occupancy-reaches-86-2-per-cent-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-hotel-occupancy-reaches-86-2-per-cent-in-april","title":{"rendered":"Macau hotel occupancy reaches 86.2 per cent in April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The increase was driven by a rise in tourist numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Authorities in Macau have reported that hotel room occupancy in April was <strong>86.2 per cent<\/strong>. That&#8217;s a year-on-year increase of 53.5 percentage points. The highest rate was at 3-star accommodations (94.6 per cent, up 60 percentage points, showing a rise in demand for affordable accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five-star hotels also experienced an uptick of 54.8 percentage points to 85.8 per cent while 4-star properties saw an increase of 41 percentage points to an occupancy rate of 80.1 per cent. The average room rate in April stood at MOP1,369.9 (US$170.7), up 66.6 per cent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was little difference in room rates between 3-star and 4-star hotels, with average rates of MOP1,037 and MOP1,066, respectively. These figures reflect increases of 105 per cent and 153 per cent compared to last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rise in hotel occupancy aligns with the growth in tourist numbers. In April, <strong>tourist arrivals rose 274.7 per cent to 2.27 million<\/strong>. Overnight visitors rose by 550 per cent year-on-year to 1.17 million. <strong>The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)&nbsp;<\/strong>has reported that the city received&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-attracted-over-7-92-million-visitors-between-january-and-may-10\" target=\"_blank\">over 7.92 million visitors from January to May 10<\/a>. An estimated 5.11 million visitors arrived from mainland China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The increase was driven by a rise in tourist numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":24748,"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 reported an 86.2% hotel room occupancy in April, a 53.5 percentage point year-on-year increase, primarily driven by a 274.7% surge in tourist arrivals to 2.27 million. This robust recovery, particularly evident in 3-star accommodations and overall overnight visitors, signals a strong rebound in the region's tourism sector, with average room rates also increasing significantly.","focusai_entities":"Macao Government Tourism Office","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Q2 GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected impact of sustained tourism growth and increased hotel occupancy on Macau's Q2 GGR and non-gaming revenue streams for integrated resort operators?"},{"label":"Accommodation Strategy?","query":"How are Macau's integrated resort operators adjusting their capital expenditure and operational strategies in response to the observed demand shift towards more affordable accommodation options?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777005452","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\/777005452","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=777005452"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005499,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005452\/revisions\/777005499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777005452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}