{"id":777042596,"date":"2026-05-25T07:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T10:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777042596"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:53:13","slug":"macau-visitor-arrivals-up-11-3-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-visitor-arrivals-up-11-3-in-april","title":{"rendered":"Macau visitor arrivals up 11.3% in April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Visitor arrivals reached 3.44 million, according to the Statistics and Census Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC)<\/strong> has reported that the number of visitor arrivals<\/strong> to Macau increased by 11.3 per cent<\/strong> year-on-year to 3,441,396 in April. Same-day visitors (2,095,953) and overnight visitors (1,345,443) rose by 19.4 per cent and 0.6 per cent, respectively. The average length of stay shortened by 0.1 day to 1 day exactly, while that of overnight visitors (2.3 days) remaining unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As regards the source of visitors<\/strong>, visitors from the Chinese mainland increased by 13.1 per cent year-on-year to 2,405,286, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (1,235,806) rising by 16.1 per cent. Visitors from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (680,521) and the Taiwan region (101,453) rose by 3.1 per cent and 32.2 per cent, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International visitors<\/strong> totalled 254,136, up by 10.5 per cent year-on-year. Visitors from the Philippines (51,544), Thailand (29,008) and Singapore (8,614) were up by 19.6 per cent, 41.8 per cent and 9.2 per cent year-on-year, respectively, while those from Indonesia (14,381) and Malaysia (13,748) dropped by 26.8 per cent and 7 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors from India (10,480) fell by 16.1 per cent year-on-year, while visitors from the Republic of Korea (40,603) grew by 9.1 per cent. Visitors from the USA (15,299) increased by 13.9 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first four months of 2026<\/strong>, the number of visitor arrivals was up by 13.1 per cent year-on-year to 14,655,300. Same-day visitors (9,103,273) and overnight visitors (5,552,027) grew by 20.1 per cent and 3.3 per cent respectively. The number of international visitors totalled 1,009,892, up by 10.7 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) reported that Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was MOP19.9bn (US$2.4bn) in April<\/a>, up 5.5 per cent in year-on-year terms but 12 per cent lower than March (MOP22.6bn)<\/a>. Cumulatively, Macau\u2019s GGR for the four months of 2026 was MOP85.78bn (US$10.63bn), up 12.1 per cent year-on-year but 14 per cent below pre-pandemic levels (US$12.4bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau lawmakers raise concerns over robot croupiers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Visitor arrivals reached 3.44 million, according to the Statistics and Census Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777042598,"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 an 11.3% year-on-year increase in visitor arrivals in April, reaching 3.44 million, driven primarily by mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, though the average length of stay shortened. Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for April stood at MOP19.9bn (US$2.4bn), a 5.5% year-on-year rise but a 12% sequential decline from March. Cumulative GGR for the first four months of 2026 reached MOP85.78bn (US$10.63bn), up 12.1% year-on-year but remaining 14% below pre-pandemic levels.","focusai_entities":"Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)","focusai_location":"Macau, Chinese mainland, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Taiwan region, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Republic of Korea, USA","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.85), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR vs. Visitor Growth?","query":"What is the correlation between the observed visitor arrival growth and the more modest GGR increase, particularly considering the shortened average length of stay?"},{"label":"Pre-Pandemic Recovery Outlook?","query":"Given the 14% deficit against pre-pandemic GGR levels, what are the projected timelines and key drivers for Macau's full market recovery?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,24628],"tags":[20582,23911,257,23906,24680],"class_list":["post-777042596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","tag-dicj","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-macau","tag-macau-casinos","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042596","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=777042596"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777042642,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042596\/revisions\/777042642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777042598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777042596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777042596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777042596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}