Occupancy was up by 4.8 percentage points year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.-\u00a0The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC)\u00a0<\/strong>has reported that the average hotel occupancy rate in Macau was 85.4 per cent in the first nine months of the year, a rise of 4.8 percentage points year-on-year. Macau hotels received 10,889,000 guests<\/strong>, up 11.2 per cent in year-on-year terms. Guests stayed an average of 1.7 nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There were 144 hotel establishments offering accommodation services at the end of September, an increase of 7 in year-on-year terms. There were 44,000 rooms available, down 3.3 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The average occupancy rate of hotel rooms<\/strong> increased by 4.8 percentage points compared to last year, reaching 85.4 per cent. The occupancy rates for 5-star (87.5 per cent), 4-star (81.2 per cent), and 3-star hotels (82.9 per cent) saw respective increases of 6 percentage points, 3 percentage points, and 2.4 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The number of international visitors (779,000) increased by 86.8 per cent. Arrivals from the Republic of Korea (229,000) rose by 143.5 per cent, while visitors from Japan (60,000), Malaysia (57,000), Thailand (47,000), and Singapore (43,000) grew by 80.8 per cent, 85.2 per cent, 61.2 per cent, and 47.7 per cent respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inbound package tour visitors totalled 1,497,000, a 101.2 per cent yearly increase, with those from mainland China rising by 91 per cent to 1,332,000. In addition, international tour visitors jumped by 276 per cent to 142,000. Some 426,000 Macau citizens contracted travel agencies for outbound services, a rise of 46.2 per cent compared to the previous year. The number of residents travelling on package tours rose by 106.9 per cent year-on-year, reaching 151,000, with 137,000 visiting mainland China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In September, 134,000 inbound package tour visitors were recorded, down by 0.5 per cent in year-on-year terms. Tour visitors from mainland China dropped by 4.4 per cent year-on-year to 117,000. International tour visitors were up by 51.7 per cent to 14,000, with those coming from the Republic of Korea (7,000) and India (1,000) rising by 49.1 per cent and 184.6 per cent respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The average occupancy rate of guest rooms climbed by 6.4 percentage points year-on-year to 84.7 per cent. However, the number of guests dropped by 2.1 per cent year-on-year to 1,112,000. The average length of stay remained at 1.6 nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSeptember results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n