Average daily arrivals neared 110,000 across the four-day holiday, in an end-of-year boost to the local tourism industry.
Macao tourists
If the final two months of the year manage to bring in five million visitor arrivals, Macao’s total for 2023 will surpass 27 million.
Even with the borders shut last year, the MGTO claims to be well on track with its ambitious tourism agenda.
Has the tourism recovery already peaked? Figures showing another straight month of decline pose tough questions for the sector.
The number is less than 60 percent of the total number of visitors recorded during the first half of 2019, before the pandemic hit.
The average daily totals easily exceeded government estimates for the five-day ‘golden week’ period and point to the continued recovery of the tourism sector.
Travellers are flocking to the city once more, according to the latest data, with arrivals from Hong Kong soaring by over 1,000 percent year-on-year.
City records highest number of visitors since start of pandemic in 2020; last fireworks display takes place this coming Sunday, float exhibition runs till 12 February.
Figure strikes even sharper contrast with 2019, when city hosted more than 39 million visitors before onset of Covid-19 pandemic.
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