{"id":777046478,"date":"2026-08-21T07:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777046478"},"modified":"2026-08-21T07:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:26:32","slug":"macau-visitor-arrivals-up-2-4-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-visitor-arrivals-up-2-4-in-july","title":{"rendered":"Macau visitor arrivals up 2.4% in July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Visitor arrivals reached 3.5 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 increased by 2.4 per cent year-on-year to 3,542,218 in July 2026<\/strong>. Same-day visitors (2,107,744) rose by 6.4 per cent year-on-year while overnight visitors (1,434,474) dropped by 2.9 per cent. Meanwhile, the average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.1 days, with that of overnight visitors (2.4 days) remaining unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors from the Chinese mainland increased by 5.4 per cent year-on-year to 2,701,203, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (1,493,612) rising by 9.6 per cent. Visitors from the Taiwan region (104,833) were up by 13.9 per cent year-on-year, while those from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (561,713) dropped by 10.2 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International visitors<\/strong> totalled 174,469 in July, down by 1.9 per cent year-on-year. Those from the Philippines (32,865) and Thailand (12,081) fell by 13.3 per cent and 2.2 per cent, respectively, while visitors from India (10,261) rose by 66.4 per cent year-on-year. Visitors from the Republic of Korea (27,531) decreased by 14.7 per cent and those from the USA (15,859) increased by 0.4 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first seven months of 2026<\/strong>, the number of visitor arrivals rose by 8 per cent year-on-year to 24,486,664; same-day visitors (14,997,588) grew by 13.9 per cent while overnight visitors (9,489,076) edged down by 0.3 per cent. The number of international visitors totalled 1,596,917, up by 5.1 per cent year-on-year. Meanwhile, the cumulative average length of stay decreased by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1 day, with that of overnight visitors (2.3 days) remaining unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)<\/strong> reported that Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was MOP20.26bn (US$2.51bn) in July<\/a>, down 8.4 per cent year-on-year, but up 9.4 per cent compared to June\u2019s MOP18.52bn (US$2.29bn). Cumulatively, Macau\u2019s GGR for the first seven months<\/strong> of 2026 was MOP147.16bn (US$18.22bn), up 4.4 per cent year-on-year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau hotel occupancy reaches 90.4% in the first half of 2026<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Visitor arrivals reached 3.5 million, according to the Statistics and Census Service.<\/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 July 2026 increased by 2.4% year-on-year to 3.5 million, though overnight visitors declined and average length of stay shortened. Concurrently, Macau's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for July was MOP20.26bn (US$2.51bn), marking an 8.4% year-on-year decrease but a 9.4% month-on-month increase from June. Cumulatively, GGR for the first seven months of 2026 grew by 4.4% year-on-year to MOP147.16bn (US$18.22bn).","focusai_entities":"Statistics and Census Service, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau","focusai_location":"Macau, Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, India, Republic of Korea, USA","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR vs. Visitor Mix","query":"How does the decline in overnight visitors and average length of stay correlate with the year-on-year GGR decrease, despite overall visitor growth?"},{"label":"Market Recovery Drivers","query":"What specific factors are driving the month-on-month GGR increase in July, and how sustainable is this trend given the mixed visitor arrival data?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[29,257,24680],"class_list":["post-777046478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-macau","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046478","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=777046478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777046489,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046478\/revisions\/777046489"}],"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=777046478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777046478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777046478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}