{"id":777040339,"date":"2026-04-10T07:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777040339"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:40:41","slug":"macau-surpasses-10-million-visitors-in-q1-secretary-for-economy-and-finance-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-surpasses-10-million-visitors-in-q1-secretary-for-economy-and-finance-says","title":{"rendered":"Macau surpassed 10 million visitors in Q1, secretary for Economy and Finance says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Secretary for Economy and Finance Tai Kin Ip, who made the remarks during the opening of the 14th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- More than 10 million visitors arrived in Macau in the first quarter of 2026, including over 750,000 international visitors. That’s according to secretary for Economy and Finance Tai Kin Ip, who made the remarks during the opening of the 14th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo organised by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official said that despite global geopolitical and economic uncertainties, Macau would continue to broaden tourism products, enhance facilities and step up international promotional initiatives. Tai said authorities would actively explore new international source markets while organising large-scale events and improving tourism infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International arrivals are seen as important for boosting non-gaming revenue such as retail, hospitality, entertainment and MICE activities across integrated resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industry observers note that the growth in first-quarter visitation builds on 2025, when Macau recorded more than 40 million visitor arrivals<\/a>. Recent data from the\u00a0Public Security Police Force\u00a0shows that Macau recorded close to 666,000 visitor arrivals<\/a> between\u00a0April 3\u00a0and\u00a0April 7, averaging roughly 133,000 arrivals per day. On April 7, the final day of the Easter and Ching Ming holiday period, more than 642,000 passenger crossings were recorded, including 188,000 visitor entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau sees 666,000 visitor arrivals during Easter\u2013Ching Ming holiday period<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Secretary for Economy and Finance Tai Kin Ip, who made the remarks during the opening of the 14th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":25802,"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 recorded over 10 million visitors in Q1 2026, including 750,000 international arrivals, with Secretary Tai Kin Ip outlining government strategies to broaden tourism products and enhance infrastructure. The focus is on exploring new international source markets and organizing large-scale events to boost non-gaming revenue across integrated resorts. This strategic pivot aims to diversify Macau's economy amidst global uncertainties, building on strong visitation figures from 2025 and recent holiday periods.","focusai_entities":"Tai Kin Ip, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Public Security Police Force","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Non-Gaming Revenue Impact","query":"What specific non-gaming revenue growth targets has the Macau government or integrated resort operators publicly articulated in conjunction with these international visitor initiatives?"},{"label":"International Market Strategy","query":"How do Macau's current international market diversification strategies compare in efficacy and investment to pre-pandemic efforts, and what are the projected ROI timelines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[229,23632,23906],"class_list":["post-777040339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040339","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=777040339"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040350,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040339\/revisions\/777040350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777040339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777040339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777040339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}