{"id":777015967,"date":"2024-05-30T09:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T12:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015967"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:42:45","slug":"macau-becomes-top-destination-for-mainland-chinese-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-becomes-top-destination-for-mainland-chinese-tourists","title":{"rendered":"Macau becomes top destination for mainland Chinese tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s the first time Macau has topped the ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- A survey by the China Tourism Academy<\/strong> has revealed that Macau was the most popular destination for mainland Chinese tourists in the first quarter of 2024. It’s the first time it was the most popular destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the announcement on the CTA’s WeChat account today (May 30), Macau achieved a score of 83.49 in the first quarter, down from 84.09 in the same period last year. Hong Kong was in seventh place at 81.77. In 2017, Hong Kong was at the top of the table, while Macau was at the bottom of the top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau received 11.47 million visitors<\/a> between January and April this year, representing a 58.9 per cent year-on-year increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Macau hotel occupancy rate reaches 84.4% in Q1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s the first time Macau has topped the ranking.<\/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 has emerged as the most popular destination for mainland Chinese tourists in Q1 2024, marking a significant shift in regional tourism preferences. This surge in visitor numbers, reaching 11.47 million from January to April, represents a 58.9% year-on-year increase, directly impacting the operational outlook for Macau's integrated resorts and their gaming verticals.","focusai_entities":"China Tourism Academy, WeChat","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Q2 2024?","query":"What is the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) uplift for Macau's integrated resorts in Q2 2024, factoring in this significant tourism surge and its potential conversion to gaming spend?"},{"label":"Regional Market Shift?","query":"How might this shift in mainland Chinese tourist preference between Macau and Hong Kong influence capital allocation and development strategies for regional gaming and hospitality operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777015967","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\/777015967","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=777015967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015994,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015967\/revisions\/777015994"}],"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=777015967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}