Macao’s 38 casinos last month recorded their best gross gaming revenue since March, reaching MOP 2.2 billion (US$277 million).
DSEC
Local residents accounted for 67.4% of hotel guests last month, a 137% year-on-year increase to 124,000.
Macao’s general unemployment rate for June-August stood at 2.8%, while local residents’ jobless rate amounted to 4.0%, up by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points respectively from the previous survey period (May-July).
Macao’s visitor arrivals rose 206.9% month-to-month but fell 93.7% year-on-year to 227,113 in August, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Monday.
Macao’s composite consumer price index for last month rose a mere 0.03% year-on-year, the lowest growth recorded since November 2009.
Macao’s overall residential property price index for May-July rose by 1.0% over the previous period (April-June) to 268.8.
Macao’s imports of gold jewellery fell 64.1% year-on-year to MOP 151 million in July.
Local residents accounted for 53 per cent of Macao hotels’ guests last month.
Macao’s number of visitor arrivals in July rose 228.1% month-on-month but fell 97.3% year-on-year to 74,006.