{"id":777037146,"date":"2026-01-26T07:43:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777037146"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:02:32","slug":"macau-visitors-for-2025-up-14-7-year-on-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-visitors-for-2025-up-14-7-year-on-year","title":{"rendered":"Macau visitors for 2025 up 14.7% year-on-year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

International visitors reached 2.76 million, according to the Statistics and Census Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service of Macau (DSEC)<\/strong> has reported that the number of visitor arrivals to Macau reached 40,069,360 in 2025. That’s a rise of 14.7 per cent year-on-year. The figure is line with the Public Security Police Force\u2019s information<\/a> and above Macau\u2019s Government Tourism Office (MGTO) forecast<\/a> of between 38 and 39 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Same-day visitors<\/strong> (23,524,943) and overnight visitors <\/strong>(16,544,417) rose by 24.6 per cent and 3.1 per cent respectively. Meanwhile, the average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.1 days, due to growth in the proportion of same-day visitors. The duration of stay for same-day visitors (0.2 day) and overnight visitors (2.3 days) remained unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors from the Chinese mainland increased by 18.5 per cent year-on-year to 29,017,164 in 2025, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (15,440,699) rising by 25.7 per cent. Some 2,137,931 travelled under the \u201cone trip per week measure\u201d, 780,936 under the \u201cmultiple-entry measure\u201d and 177,162 under the \u201ctourist group multi-entry measure\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors from the nine Pearl River Delta cities in the Greater Bay Area rose by 23.7 per cent year-on-year to 14,828,192, driven by a rise of 58.1 per cent in the number of visitors from Zhuhai. Visitors from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (7,300,582) and the Taiwan region (996,140) were up by 1.7 per cent and 19.4 per cent respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International visitors<\/strong> increased by 13.7 per cent year-on-year to 2,755,474. From Southeast Asian markets, visitors from the Philippines (540,284), Indonesia (208,043), Malaysia (188,977) and Thailand (185,963) rose by 9.5 per cent, 13.6 per cent, 3.9 per cent and 38.1 per cent year-on-year, respectively, while those from Singapore (117,165) decreased by 1.7 per cent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With respect to the South Asian markets, visitors from India (114,040) climbed by 9.8 per cent year-on-year. From Northeast Asian markets, visitors from the Republic of Korea (547,638) and Japan (159,455) grew by 11.3 per cent and 26.1 per cent, respectively. Visitors from the USA (162,460) were up by 9.8 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analysed by checkpoint<\/strong>, visitor arrivals by land (33,084,253; 82.6 per cent of total) grew by 19.1 per cent year-on-year. Arrivals through the Border Gate and Hengqin port rose by 23.5 per cent and 42 per cent, respectively. Visitor arrivals by sea (3,935,435; 9.8 per cent) and by air (3,049,672; 7.6 per cent) dropped by 3.9 per cent and 0.5 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DSEC reported that in December 2025, the number of visitor arrivals rose by 17.8 per cent year-on-year to 3,580,130; same-day visitors (2,107,339) and overnight visitors (1,472,791) grew by 23 per cent and 10.9 per cent. The average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.2 day year-on-year to 0.9 day. The duration for overnight visitors (2.1 days) decreased by 0.2 day whereas that for same-day visitors (0.2) remained steady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau sets new record for annual visitor arrivals in 2025<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International visitors reached 2.76 million, according to the Statistics and Census Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777025678,"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 visitor arrivals in 2025 surged by 14.7% year-on-year to over 40 million, surpassing government forecasts, driven primarily by a significant increase in same-day visitors from mainland China and the Greater Bay Area. While overall international visitor numbers also grew, the average length of stay shortened, indicating a shift in visitor profile towards shorter, more frequent trips. This robust tourism recovery provides a strong foundation for the integrated resort sector's GGR performance.","focusai_entities":"Statistics and Census Service of Macau, Public Security Police Force, Macau\u2019s Government Tourism Office","focusai_location":"Macau, Chinese mainland, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Taiwan region, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, India, Republic of Korea, Japan, USA, Zhuhai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9), marketing_crm (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact","query":"What is the projected impact of the increased visitor volume and altered length of stay on Macau's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for 2025 and 2026, particularly considering the higher proportion of same-day visitors?"},{"label":"Operational Adjustments","query":"How are Macau's integrated resort operators adjusting their B2C service offerings, staffing levels, and non-gaming amenity strategies to cater to the significant rise in same-day visitors and the evolving international visitor mix?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,24628,158],"tags":[257,24680,24845],"class_list":["post-777037146","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-macau","tag-tourism","tag-visitors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777037146","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=777037146"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777037146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777037159,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777037146\/revisions\/777037159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777025678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777037146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777037146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777037146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}