{"id":777005862,"date":"2023-06-01T12:44:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005862"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:24:12","slug":"macau-sees-rise-in-flights-and-cross-border-traffic-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-sees-rise-in-flights-and-cross-border-traffic-in-april","title":{"rendered":"Macau sees rise in flights and cross-border traffic in April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There was a 353.6 per cent rise, with flights reaching 2,980 flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Authorities in Macau have reported that the amount of commercial flights and cross-border traffic in April was up <strong>353.6 per cent year-on-year<\/strong>. The number of flights was <strong>2,980<\/strong>, while cross-border vehicle traffic with Hong Kong and mainland China rose <strong>69.1 per cent<\/strong>, reaching 576,243 trips \u2013 the majority in light automobiles (538,618 journeys, up 75 per cent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first four months of the year,&nbsp;commercial flight activity in Macau rose by 108.1 per cent compared to last year, accounting for 9,162 trips. Cross-border vehicle traffic rose<strong> 65.5 per cent<\/strong> to 2.07 million trips. Applicantiosn for cross-border permits in mainland China picked up after vehicle traffic was opened as Covid-19 measures ended. Hong Kong is still working towards implementing quota-free travel for private vehicles to Macau and Zhuhai via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><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 arrived from mainland China. In April,&nbsp;tourist arrivals rose 274.7 per cent to 2.27 million. Overnight visitors rose by 550 per cent year-on-year to 1.17 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-hotel-occupancy-reaches-86-2-per-cent-in-april\" target=\"_blank\">Macau hotel occupancy reaches 86.2 per cent in April<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a 353.6 per cent rise, with flights reaching 2,980 flights.<\/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 a significant year-on-year increase in commercial flights (353.6%) and cross-border vehicle traffic (69.1%) in April, with similar trends for the first four months of the year, following the end of Covid-19 measures. Tourist arrivals also surged by 274.7% in April, reaching 2.27 million, indicating a robust recovery in the region's travel and tourism sector.","focusai_entities":"Macau, Hong Kong, mainland China, Macao Government Tourism Office","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong, Zhuhai, mainland China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected impact of these increased visitor numbers on Macau's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for Q2 and the remainder of the fiscal year, particularly for the concessionaires?"},{"label":"Operational Capacity?","query":"How are Macau's integrated resort operators scaling their operational capacity, including staffing and amenities, to effectively manage this surge in tourist volume and optimize Net Gaming Revenue (NGR)?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777005862","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\/777005862","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=777005862"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005890,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005862\/revisions\/777005890"}],"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=777005862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}