Macau has seen a gradual rise in non-resident worker numbers since lifting Covid-19-related restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.-\u00a0Macau’s Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL)<\/strong>\u00a0has reported that more than 18,400 non-resident workers have been employed by local companies since the start of this year. The number of non-resident workers in Macau reached 170,286 in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rise follows the lifting of Covid-19-related travel restrictions in January but numbers are still a long way short of the pre-pandemic peak recorded in December 2019, when 196,538 non-resident workers were in Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mainland China continues to be the primary source of non-resident labour, with 118,292 workers. That compares to the Philippines (26,835), Vietnam (7,565) and Indonesia (5,686). By the end of August,\u00a09,315 non-resident workers were employed<\/strong>\u00a0in sectors related to recreation, culture, gaming, and various other services. The hospitality sector had to contend with a labour shortage<\/a> early in the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Macau has seen a gradual rise in non-resident worker numbers since lifting Covid-19-related restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22428,"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 non-resident worker population has increased by over 18,400 since January, reaching 170,286 by August, following the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions. While recovering, these numbers remain below the December 2019 pre-pandemic peak of 196,538, with Mainland China continuing as the primary labor source. The gaming, recreation, and hospitality sectors are experiencing a gradual workforce recovery.","focusai_entities":"Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL)","focusai_location":"Macau, Mainland China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operational Impact","query":"What is the projected timeline for Macau's non-resident worker numbers to reach pre-pandemic levels, and what specific operational constraints are current labor shortages imposing on integrated resort concessionaires, particularly concerning GGR maximization and service quality?"},{"label":"Investment Outlook","query":"How do current non-resident labor recovery rates in Macau impact the long-term investment outlook and valuation models for publicly traded gaming operators, considering potential wage inflation and operational efficiency challenges?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23907,23906],"class_list":["post-777010009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010009","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=777010009"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041173,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010009\/revisions\/777041173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}