{"id":777019768,"date":"2024-10-10T09:45:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T12:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777019768"},"modified":"2026-04-22T05:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:19:02","slug":"macau-airport-sees-27-rise-in-golden-week-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-airport-sees-27-rise-in-golden-week-passengers","title":{"rendered":"Macau airport sees 27% rise in Golden Week passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some 144,000 passengers and 171 flights passed through the airport from October 1 to 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-&nbsp;<strong>Macau International Airport&nbsp;<\/strong>saw 144,000 air passenger movements during the seven-day Golden Week holiday from October 1 to 7. That\u2019s a rise of 27 per cent in passenger volume compared to the same period last year but still only 82 per cent of 2019 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were 171 flights, a rise of 24 per cent compared to the corresponding period in 2023 but still only 77 per cent of 2019 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Public Security Police reported that&nbsp;<strong>916,000 visitors<\/strong>&nbsp;arrived in Macau during the October Golden Week.&nbsp;The number of inbound and outbound trips during the holiday period reached 2.21 million, with the largest numbers at the Border Gate, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and Hengqin Port.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Average daily visitation was 138,000, surpassing the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tourism-in-macau-mgto-now-expects-over-100000-visitors-a-day-for-october-golden-week\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimate of 100,000<\/a>.&nbsp;The peak was on&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-receives-604395-visitors-during-labour-day-holiday\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friday (October 3)<\/a>, with 174,234 visitors.&nbsp;The daily average of visitors from the mainland was 118,025, up 34.7 per cent year-on-year. Hong Kong\u2019s average daily contribution was 16,715, down 21.8 per cent compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 144,000 passengers and 171 flights passed through the airport from October 1 to 7.<\/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 International Airport recorded 144,000 air passenger movements during the Golden Week holiday, a 27% increase year-on-year but still 82% of 2019 levels. Overall, Macau welcomed 916,000 visitors, with average daily visitation surpassing estimates, indicating continued recovery in the region's tourism and gaming sectors.","focusai_entities":"Macau International Airport, Public Security Police","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong, Zhuhai, Hengqin","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected impact of these Golden Week visitation figures on Macau's Q4 Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for integrated resort operators, particularly concerning VIP versus mass market segments?"},{"label":"Recovery Trajectory?","query":"How do these Golden Week metrics, specifically the mainland China visitor contribution, inform the long-term recovery trajectory of Macau's tourism and gaming sector relative to pre-pandemic levels and regional competition?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23907,23906],"class_list":["post-777019768","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\/777019768","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=777019768"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777019800,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019768\/revisions\/777019800"}],"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=777019768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777019768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777019768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}