{"id":777048402,"date":"2026-10-09T07:09:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777048402"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:40:10","slug":"macau-hotel-occupancy-golden-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-hotel-occupancy-golden-week","title":{"rendered":"Macau hotel occupancy reaches 91.3% during Golden Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Average hotel occupancy rose by 3.1 percentage points year-on-year, peaking at 97 per cent on October 2.<\/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\u2019s average hotel occupancy rate reached 91.3 per cent during the October National Day Golden Week holiday, up by  3.1 percentage points compared with the corresponding period in 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average room rate stood at MOP1,677.3, down 1.7 per cent year-on-year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macau recorded approximately 1.14 million visitor arrivals between October 1 and 7.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- <strong>Hotel occupancy<\/strong> in Macau averaged <strong>91.3 per cent during China\u2019s October Golden Week<\/strong> holiday, with the rate reaching 97 per cent on October 2, according to figures released by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO). The average occupancy rate across Macau hotels rose by 3.1 percentage points compared with the same period in 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite stronger occupancy, the <strong>average room rate <\/strong>was down 1.7 per cent year-on-year at MOP1,677.3 (US$207). The figures cover hotels, apartment hotels and economical accommodation establishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seven-day holiday ran from October 1 to 7. <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-welcomes-1-14m-visitors-during-october-golden-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Macau recorded 1,142,974 visitor arrivals<\/a> during the period, according to the MGTO. The daily average rose by 15.5 per cent year-on-year to 163,282. Arrivals peaked on October 4, when 210,276 entries were recorded, a new single-day record for the National Day holiday period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tourism initiatives and events during the holiday included the 34th Macao International Fireworks Display Contest and community activities designed to encourage visitors to explore different districts and support local businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities carried out inspections and coordinated visitor-flow management measures during the peak period. Between October 1 and 7, the MGTO conducted 187 inspections at entry points, tourist attractions, shopping areas and hotels, among other locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions (FAQs)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What was Macau\u2019s hotel occupancy rate during Golden Week?<\/strong> Macau\u2019s average hotel occupancy rate was 91.3 per cent during the October National Day holiday, according to the MGTO.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>When did Macau hotel occupancy peak during Golden Week?<\/strong> Occupancy reached 97 per cent on October 2, the highest rate recorded during the holiday period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How much did hotel rooms cost in Macau during Golden Week?<\/strong> The average room rate was approximately MOP1,677.3 (US$207), down 1.7 per cent compared with the same period in 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How many visitors travelled to Macau during Golden Week?<\/strong> Macau recorded 1,142,974 visitor arrivals from October 1 to 7. Arrivals peaked at 210,276 on October 4, setting a new single-day record for the National Day holiday period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/2025\/04\/Visitors-Macau-300x200.jpeg\" 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-welcomes-1-14m-visitors-during-october-golden-week\">Macau October Golden Week visitor count totals 1.14 million<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Average hotel occupancy rose by 3.1 percentage points year-on-year, peaking at 97 per cent on October 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777048406,"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 October Golden Week demonstrated robust tourism recovery, with hotel occupancy averaging 91.3% and visitor arrivals exceeding 1.14 million, marking a significant year-on-year increase in footfall. While visitation surged, the average room rate experienced a marginal 1.7% decline, providing mixed signals for integrated resort yield management. These metrics are critical for assessing the potential GGR uplift and non-gaming revenue performance within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Macao Government Tourism Office","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"How might the observed visitor arrival and hotel occupancy trends during Golden Week translate into Q4 GGR performance and EBITDA margins for Macau's integrated resort operators?"},{"label":"Non-Gaming Yield Strategy","query":"What implications does the slight decline in average room rate have for integrated resorts' non-gaming revenue diversification strategies, yield management, and overall profitability per visitor?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[25426,257,24680],"class_list":["post-777048402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-hotel-occupancy","tag-macau","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048402","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=777048402"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777048433,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048402\/revisions\/777048433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777048406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777048402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777048402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777048402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}