Macau: MGTO targets 33m visitors in 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nOn a per capita basis, each tourist\u2019s average expenditure in 2023 amounted to MOP2,525, up 55.3 per cent when compared to 2019 levels. Spending by overnight visitors rose by 303 per cent to MOP60bn, while the figure for same-day visitors was up 240 per cent year-on-year at MOP11.07bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the figure represented a year-on-year fall of 20.8 per cent, attributed to a relatively high base of comparison in 2022. On food and beverages and shopping, visitors spent 42.3 per cent less: MOP1,219 and MOP478, respectively.\u00a0Accommodation and transportation spending increased by 51.9 per cent and 36.6 per cent, respectively, to MOP647 and MOP101. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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