The number of recorded overnight visitors grew 5.4% in year-on-year terms to just under 1.38 million in September. There was a 1.0% year-on-year decline in the aggregate of same-day visitors, to approximately 1.10 million.
The average length of stay of visitors
remained at 1.3 days, similar to that in September last year. The length of
stay of overnight and same-day visitors were 2.2 and 0.2 days respectively.
The number of mainland Chinese visitors to Macau in September was just over
1.72 million, while the ones from Hong Kong and Taiwan – the second- and
third-most important source markets respectively – dropped by 14.3% and 5.8%
respectively in September.
The September figures also showed that the city’s tourism industry recovered quickly after the impact of Typhoon Hato, which struck Macau on August 23. Tourist arrivals for August were down by 0.6% year-on-year.
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) had asked its tour agent partners to suspend – between August 25 and September 1 inclusive – group tours to Macau, to allow the city time to recover from the effects of Typhoon Hato. Two days after the storm MGTO had also urged visitors to reconsider any upcoming trips to the city.
Source: GMB / GGR Asia
