{"id":777036188,"date":"2025-12-17T08:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T11:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777036188"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:54:23","slug":"macau-receives-36-5-million-visitors-in-the-january-november-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-receives-36-5-million-visitors-in-the-january-november-period","title":{"rendered":"Macau receives 36.5 million visitors in January-November period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau is on track to receive 39 million visitors in 2025, according to the Macau Government Tourism Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- <strong>Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes<\/strong>, the director of Macau\u2019s Government Tourism Office (MGTO), has announced that Macau has received <strong>36.5 million visitors<\/strong> in the January-November period, already beating last year\u2019s full\u2011year tally of 34.93 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking in a group interview at the World Tourism Economy Forum 2025 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, this week, she said arrivals are still projected to reach <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mgto-says-macau-is-on-track-to-receive-between-38-million-and-39-million-visitors-in-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">approximately 39 million by the end of the year<\/a>, some 400,000 short of the 2019 record. She said overseas visitors are expected to reach about <strong>80 per cent of pre\u2011pandemic levels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"897\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/MARIA-1-897x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777030581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/MARIA-1-897x600.jpg 897w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/MARIA-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/MARIA-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/MARIA-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Helena de Senna Fernandes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senna Fernandes said she remains confident about attracting <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tourism-in-macau-european-visitors-on-track-to-recover-pre-pandemic-levels-mgto-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more international visitors<\/a>, noting deeper cooperation within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. She added that closer ties with mainland Chinese provinces and cities are helping to diversify source markets. She also said China\u2019s visa-free transit policy was creating new opportunities, making it easier for travellers to include Macau in multi-stop itineraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fernandes said the SAR government plans to open tourism and trade offices in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia next year as hubs to support tourism promotion and business links. It also intends to expand online and offline marketing, launch new tourism products and upgrade traditional offerings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Visitors-Macau-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mgto-says-macau-is-on-track-to-receive-between-38-million-and-39-million-visitors-in-2025'>Macau is on track to receive up to 39 million visitors in 2025, MGTO says<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau is on track to receive 39 million visitors in 2025, according to the Macau Government Tourism Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777036192,"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's tourism sector is demonstrating robust recovery, with the Macau Government Tourism Office projecting 39 million visitors by year-end, nearing 2019's pre-pandemic record. This resurgence is driven by strategic initiatives including enhanced regional cooperation, China's visa-free transit policy, and planned international market expansion. The sustained visitor influx is a critical indicator for the region's integrated resort operators and the broader capital markets, directly influencing potential GGR and NGR.","focusai_entities":"Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO)","focusai_location":"Macau, Harbin, Heilongjiang, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.85), marketing_crm (0.75)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Projections?","query":"What are the specific GGR and NGR projections for Macau's concessionaires, considering the anticipated 39 million visitor arrivals and the 80% recovery of overseas visitors, and how does this impact their capital expenditure plans?"},{"label":"Market Diversification?","query":"How will the planned establishment of tourism and trade offices in Southeast and Northeast Asia, coupled with enhanced Greater Bay Area cooperation, influence Macau's long-term market diversification strategy and reduce reliance on traditional source markets?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,24628,158],"tags":[227,257,24680],"class_list":["post-777036188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-slider-home","tag-china","tag-macau","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036188","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777036188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777036201,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036188\/revisions\/777036201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777036192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777036188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777036188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777036188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}