{"id":777038602,"date":"2026-03-02T11:46:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777038602"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:56:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:56:03","slug":"macau-welcomes-3-65-million-visitors-in-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-welcomes-3-65-million-visitors-in-january-2026","title":{"rendered":"Macau received 3.65 million visitors in January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

International tourist numbers rose 15.5 per cent compared with the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has reported that Macau received 3.65 million visitor arrivals in January 2026. The figure was flat year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mainland Chinese visitor arrivals declined 1.6 per cent to 2.71 million, while those using the Individual Visit Scheme were 9.6 per cent lower at 1.45 million. According to the DSEC, the decrease was largely due to the strong comparative base because of the earlier Chinese New Year holiday in 2025, which drove higher visitor numbers in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong<\/strong> visitor numbers fell 1.3 per cent to 570,000, while arrivals from Taiwan<\/strong> rose by 20.7 per cent to around 93,000. International tourists numbered about 278,000, up 15.5 per cent compared with the same period last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Southeast Asia<\/strong>, arrivals from South Korea<\/strong> grew 14.5 per cent to 75,000. The Philippines<\/strong> recorded around 45,000 visitors, down 6.3 per cent, while Malaysia<\/strong> rose 52.3 per cent to about 18,000. Thailand<\/strong> arrivals surged 80.5 per cent to 18,000. Indonesia visitor numbers declined 21.8 per cent to 17,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrivals from Japan<\/strong> were down 1.6 per cent to 12,000, while those from India were up 54.1 per cent to around 10,000 and those from the United States increased by 4.7 per cent to 13,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overnight stays fell 6.6 per cent to 1.39 million, whereas same-day arrivals rose 4.6 per cent to 2.25 million. The average length of stay was steady at 1 day, while overnight visitors stayed slightly longer, averaging 2.3 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average hotel occupancy rate rose 0.7 percentage point<\/strong> year-on-year. Five-star hotels reported 95.9 per cent occupancy, up 2.4 points, while four-star and three-star hotels recorded 85.2 per cent and 85.7 per cent, respectively, both lower than a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau hotel occupancy rate exceeds 95% during Chinese New Year break<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International tourist numbers rose 15.5 per cent compared with the same period last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777038294,"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 January 2026 visitor arrivals remained flat year-on-year at 3.65 million, primarily due to a high comparative base from an earlier Chinese New Year in 2025. While Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong visitor numbers saw slight declines, international tourist arrivals surged by 15.5%, indicating diversification. Hotel occupancy rates showed mixed results, with five-star properties outperforming.","focusai_entities":"Statistics and Census Service, DSEC","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, India, United States","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.98), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (0.97), supplier_vendor (0.78), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR per visitor?","query":"How does the increase in international visitors impact the average GGR per visitor, considering potential differences in gaming spend compared to Mainland Chinese tourists?"},{"label":"Operator strategy for international?","query":"What specific marketing and operational adjustments are Macau's concessionaires implementing to capitalize on the growth in Southeast Asian and other international markets?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[227,1619,257],"class_list":["post-777038602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-china","tag-hong-kong","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038602","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777038602"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777038613,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038602\/revisions\/777038613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777038294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777038602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777038602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777038602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}