{"id":777017253,"date":"2024-07-15T09:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T12:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017253"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:11:55","slug":"macau-mainland-chinese-visitor-numbers-could-hit-pre-pandemic-levels-atec-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-mainland-chinese-visitor-numbers-could-hit-pre-pandemic-levels-atec-says","title":{"rendered":"Macau mainland Chinese visitor numbers could hit pre-pandemic levels, ATEC says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tourist arrivals from mainland China are expected to reach 91-100 per cent of 2019 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The number of visitors from mainland China to Macau is anticipated to recover to 91-100 per cent of pre-pandemic levels this year, representing a 33.9 per cent year-on-year increase, according to a report by <strong>the Asia Tourism Exchange Center (ATEC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 Tourism Market Forecast for Hong Kong and Macau suggests the tourism industry in both Special Administrative Regions (SARs) will rise this year fueled by support from mainland authorities, cultural and tourism events and more air routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report highlights the success of promotional campaigns including special offers on air tickets, cross-border transport, hotel accommodations, dining, entertainment and show tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-receives-928000-package-tourists-in-first-5-months-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau receives 928,000 package tourists in first 5 months of the year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-records-over-14m-visitor-arrivals-in-first-5-months-of-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">From January to May<\/a>, Macau received over 14 million visitors. The figure was up by 50 per cent compared to the same period last year. Macau hopes to <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-chief-executive-expects-over-30-million-visitors-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attract more than 30 million tourists<\/a>\u00a0in 2024.\u00a0The director of the MGTO,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/helena-de-senna-fernandes-reappointed-as-mgto-director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes<\/a> has said the government is on track to achieve a target of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-government-tourism-office-expects-over-2m-overseas-visitors-in-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2 million overseas visitors<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourist arrivals from mainland China are expected to reach 91-100 per cent of 2019 levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26653,"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 anticipates mainland Chinese tourist arrivals to recover to 91-100% of 2019 levels in 2024, representing a 33.9% year-on-year increase. This recovery, supported by promotional campaigns and increased air routes, is expected to drive overall visitor numbers to over 30 million, with a target of 2 million overseas visitors.","focusai_entities":"Asia Tourism Exchange Center (ATEC), MGTO, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes","focusai_location":"Macau, mainland China, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.98), marketing_crm (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.97), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Q3\/Q4?","query":"What specific GGR uplift is anticipated for Macau's concessionaires in Q3 and Q4 2024, considering the projected mainland Chinese tourist recovery and current average spend per visitor?"},{"label":"Non-Gaming Diversification?","query":"How does the strong recovery in traditional tourism impact the strategic imperative for Macau's integrated resorts to diversify non-gaming revenue streams, and what new initiatives are being prioritized?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777017253","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\/777017253","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=777017253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017256,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017253\/revisions\/777017256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}