Macau recorded 30.2 million visitors in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year growth of 17%.
Statistics and Census Bureau
Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose 6.5% year-on-year to 3.62 million in August.
Macau’s restaurateurs reported “subdued” business in July.
Macau’s economy will shrink 0.8% this year and 0.9% next year.
Macau’s 1,190 hotels and guesthouses recorded 8.16 million guests in the first seven months.
Construction of Grand Lisboa Palace in Cotai would be completed by early next month.
Local residents’ unemployment rate remained unchanged year-on-year at 2.4% in the May-July survey period.
Macau is in a technical recession after gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 1.8 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the second quarter and by 3.2 per cent in the first quarter.