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.
Statistics and Census Bureau
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 general unemployment rate between May and July reached 2.7 per cent, up by 0.2 percentage points from the April-June survey period.
Macao’s number of visitor arrivals in July rose 228.1% month-on-month but fell 97.3% year-on-year to 74,006.
A total of 2,438 new companies were registered in Macao in the first half of this year, down by 25.6% year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC).
Macao’s hotel guests dropped by 73.5% year-on-year to 1.83 million in the first half of this year, the Statistics and Census Bureau said in a statement today.