Majority of arrivals from mainland China; Covid-19 blamed for year-on-year 28% drop.
Statistics and Census Bureau
Only minor differences recorded throughout the city depending on location, size and age; greatest change shows prices of units larger than 100 square metres increase by 2.8%.
Covid-19 travel restrictions hit gaming industry with knock-on effect on city’s overall economy.
Overall unemployment rate now stands at 3.5%; most job-seekers used to work in construction or gaming industries.
As Covid-19 pandemic travel restrictions bite, guests from mainland China fall by almost 60% to 244,000, but locals ‘holidaying at home’ fill 95,000 beds.
Outpatient consultations, emergency admissions and surgical operations all rose in 2021 as medical services struggled to contain Covid-19 pandemic.
Numbers are better than in March, but still pale in comparison to pre-novel coronavirus April 2019 when more than 3 million sampled Macao’s attractions.
Non-resident workers from mainland China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar were the most affected by employment dismissals.
Fall attributed to post-Covid-19 exodus of non-resident workers; overall, females continue to outnumber males, but more boys than girls born in first quarter.