{"id":777043915,"date":"2026-06-23T07:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777043915"},"modified":"2026-06-23T11:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:12:08","slug":"macau-visitor-arrivals-up-3-4-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-visitor-arrivals-up-3-4-in-may","title":{"rendered":"Macau visitor arrivals up 3.4% in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Visitor arrivals reached 3.48 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 to Macau in May increased by 3.4 per cent year-on-year to 3,487,994. Same-day visitors (2,149,311) rose by 7.9 per cent year-on-year, while overnight visitors (1,338,683) dropped by 3 per cent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day to 1 day, while that of overnight visitors (2.3 days) remained unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As regards the source of visitors<\/strong>, DSEC reported that visitors from the Chinese mainland increased by 4.2 per cent year-on-year to 2,541,802 in May, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (1,377,014) rising by 5.2 per cent. Visitors from the Taiwan region (93,701) rose by 18.9 per cent year-on-year, while those from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (618,341) dropped by 0.4 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International visitors totalled 234,150 in May, up by 0.8 per cent year-on-year. Among Southeast Asian markets, visitors from Thailand (20,447) were up by 36.1 per cent year-on-year, while those from the Philippines (50,462) and Indonesia (14,595) dropped by 11.5 per cent and 9.6 per cent respectively. Visitors from India (15,293) grew by 3.5 per cent year-on-year, those from the Republic of Korea (35,663) decreased by 14.6 per cent, and visitors from the USA (12,426) increased by 10.5 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Public Security Police Force<\/strong>\u00a0has reported that the cumulative number of visitor arrivals to Macau in 2026 surpassed 20 million\u00a0on June 20<\/a>. The milestone was achieved\u00a018 days earlier than in 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) reported that Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was\u00a0MOP22.61bn (US$2.8bn)\u00a0in May<\/a>, up 6.7 per cent in year-on-year terms and 13.7 per cent compared to\u00a0April<\/a>. Cumulatively, Macau\u2019s GGR for the\u00a0five months of 2026<\/strong>\u00a0was MOP108.38bn (US$13.44bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau passes 20 million visitors milestone faster than in 2025<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Visitor arrivals reached 3.48 million, according to the Statistics and Census Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":25493,"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 May increased by 3.4% year-on-year to 3.48 million, driven by same-day visitors, while overnight stays declined. Concurrently, May's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) reached MOP22.61 billion (US$2.8 billion), marking a 6.7% year-on-year increase and a 13.7% month-on-month rise, contributing to a cumulative GGR of MOP108.38 billion for the first five months of 2026. The region also achieved 20 million cumulative visitor arrivals by June 20, significantly earlier than the previous year.","focusai_entities":"Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), Public Security Police Force, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)","focusai_location":"Macau, Chinese mainland, Taiwan region, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, 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 (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Growth Drivers","query":"What specific gaming verticals or VIP segments contributed most significantly to Macau's 6.7% year-on-year GGR growth in May, and how does this align with pre-pandemic recovery benchmarks?"},{"label":"Visitor Mix Impact","query":"Given the decline in overnight visitors and shortening average length of stay, how are Macau's integrated resorts adapting their non-gaming offerings and marketing strategies to optimize revenue per visitor?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[29,24619,1897],"class_list":["post-777043915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-igaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043915","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=777043915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777043953,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043915\/revisions\/777043953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777043915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777043915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777043915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}