Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose by18.5 percent month-to-month and 5.5 percent year-on-year to 2.79 million last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Tuesday. Overnight visitors rose by 12.4 per cent year-on-year to 1.45 million, representing 12 consecutive months of year-on-year growth since August last year. However, same-day visitors dropped by 1.0 […]
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The number of people visiting the Taipa-Houses Museum area was expected to rise 10 to 15 percent after the five mansions there have been renovated, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said on Monday. She made the remarks while addressing a press conference headed by Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President […]
Visitors’ per-capita non-gaming spending fell by 4 per cent year-on-year and 3.4 per cent quarter-to-quarter to 1,601 patacas in the second quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a DSEC statement, visitors’ total non-gaming spending in the second quarter amounted to 11.7 billion patacas, down by 4.5 per cent year-on-year but […]
Macau’s South Korean visitor arrivals rose 49.5 per cent to 47,957 in June, the highest increase of any visitor segment, according to figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) last week. The total number of visitor arrivals rose 4.9 per cent year-on-year to 2.36 million last month. However, month-to-month, the figure was down […]
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said on Thursday she expected the revamped Grand Prix Museum to attract up to three times more visitors than it does currently. On Thursday, the office organised a media briefing about plans to revamp the museum at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT) in Zape, […]
Macau on Tuesday (Mar 1) posted its best monthly gambling revenue performance since October last year and the smallest drop in growth in 20 months as an increase in Lunar New Year tourists boosted the world’s largest casino hub. Macau’s economy, which relies on the casino industry for over 80 per cent of government revenues, […]
According to government data, growth in retail receipts has fallen to its lowest rate since 2004 – a slowdown in the year-on-year growth to only 4.3 percent, which amounts to a total of MOP 68.75 billion. The authorities suggested that the reason for this change might be a slowdown in visitor spending. Information released by […]
While there have been mixed results in the number of visitors to Macau, there has been strong growth in tourists from certain key markets such as Japan, which saw an increase of 16.6 percent year-on-year. Other strong performers include Hong Kong and Taiwan, up by 6.8 percent and 5.6 percent respectively. Information from the Statistics […]
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said on Thursday there had been a drop in visitors on package tours over the mainland’s National Day “Golden Week” holiday from October 1-7. Senna Fernandes made the remark on the sidelines of attending the opening of the Oktoberfest at MGM. The tourism chief […]