{"id":777048129,"date":"2026-10-02T07:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777048129"},"modified":"2026-10-02T07:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:27:28","slug":"macau-golden-week-visitor-arrivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-golden-week-visitor-arrivals","title":{"rendered":"Macau Golden Week starts with 169,000 visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau recorded around 169,000 visitor arrivals on October 1, as Golden Week travel got underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Macau recorded around 169,000 inbound visitors on October 1, the first day of mainland China&#8217;s Golden Week.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Border crossings exceeded 706,000 across Macau\u2019s checkpoints and are expected to exceed 800,000 daily on October 3 and 4.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Room rates are up slightly for peak dates but broadly in line with previous Golden Week holidays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- Some 169,000 inbound visitors to Macau were recorded on October 1. The preliminary statistics arrivals through all of Macau\u2019s border checkpoints up to midnight. The Border Gate accounted for the largest share at 82,000. Hengqin followed with over 37,000 visitor arrivals, while more than 21,000 entered through the Hong Kong\u2013Zhuhai\u2013Macau (HZM) Bridge checkpoint and 8,000 via Macau\u2019s airport and 7,000 through the Taipa Ferry Terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Border crossings exceeded 706,000 when including residents and other travellers entering and leaving Macau. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sands China <\/strong>has reporting limited room availability for the first three days of the holiday. According to Macao Daily News, Sands China executive vice chairman <strong>Wilfred Wong <\/strong>said occupancy across the operator\u2019s properties would remain above 90 per cent after October 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wong said room rates had increased slightly on peak holiday dates, although pricing remained broadly in line with previous October Golden Week holidays. Rates are expected to ease once the busiest period of the holiday passes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau is expected to see <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-golden-week-border-crossings\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-golden-week-border-crossings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">between 5.2 million and 5.4 million border crossings<\/a>&nbsp;during mainland China\u2019s National Day Golden Week holiday from October 1 to 7. Authorities forecast an average of 740,000 to 770,000 per day. The busiest days are expected to be October 3 and 4, when the <strong>Public Security Police Force (PSP)<\/strong> expects that crossings <strong>could exceed 800,000<\/strong>. The <strong>Macau Customs Service<\/strong> expects vehicle traffic to peak on October 3. Longer-distance trips are anticipated between October 5 and 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/164268916816394051811637763332Macau-expects-25000-visitors-per-day-during-October-Golden-Week-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-golden-week-border-crossings\">Macau expects 5.4 million Golden Week crossings<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau recorded around 169,000 visitor arrivals on October 1, as Golden Week travel got underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777025828,"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 169,000 visitor arrivals on the first day of Golden Week, with total border crossings exceeding 706,000 and forecasts for 800,000 daily on peak days. Sands China reported over 90% occupancy and slightly increased room rates, indicating robust demand for the holiday period. Authorities project 5.2 to 5.4 million total crossings for the week, signaling a strong recovery in the region's gaming and hospitality sectors.","focusai_entities":"Sands China, Wilfred Wong, Macao Daily News, Public Security Police Force (PSP), Macau Customs Service","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Outlook","query":"What is the projected impact of these Golden Week visitor statistics on Macau's Q4 GGR, and how does this compare to pre-pandemic levels and operator guidance?"},{"label":"Operator Performance Analysis","query":"How do the reported occupancy rates and room pricing trends for Sands China during Golden Week reflect the broader competitive landscape and revenue per available room (RevPAR) for other Macau integrated resort operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[227,23906,21680],"class_list":["post-777048129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-china","tag-macau-casinos","tag-sands-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048129","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=777048129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777048144,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048129\/revisions\/777048144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777025828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777048129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777048129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777048129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}