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Part 2 : Dealing with the pandemic ICE365 Macau report
An update on Macau inbound tourism
Annie Siara analyses trends in visitation to Macau , both over the past year and in the first quarter of 2021
Macau welcomed 39.4 million visitors in the pre-pandemic days of 2019 , with 70 % of the total visitor arrivals coming from mainland China . Since lockdown in February 2020 , the tourism industry has seen an 85 % drop in visitor numbers .
An overview of Macau total visitor arrivals from 2019-2021 ( Q1 )
40 amount of money spent ( excluding gaming expenses ) in Q121 also rose compared to the corresponding period last year .
Tourism statistics indicators , Q120 vs Q121
Visitor arrivals ( 000 )
Average length of stay per visitor ( days )
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20
0
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39.4 million |
5.89 million |
1.73 million |
2020 : 3,219 2021 : 1,738.4 ( -46 %) |
2020 : 1.4 2021 : 1.7 (+ 0.3 days ) |
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2019
Source : Macao Government Tourism Office
2020
Visitor source markets , 2019
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2021 Jan – March |
Total visitor spending , excluding gaming expenses ( MOPm ) |
Per capita visitor spending ( MOP ) |
30,000 |
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Total visitor arrivals ( 000 )
22,500
15,000
7,500
0
Mainland China
Hong Kong
Source : Macao Government Tourism Office
Taiwan |
South |
Malaysia |
Indonesia
Thailand
Other
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Korea |
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The first quarter of 2021 saw a 46 % decrease in visitor arrivals year-on-year , but those who did visit remained longer compared to the average length of stay in Q1 2019 . The
2020 : 5,007 2021 : 6,181 (+ 23.5 %)
2020 : 1,555 2021 : 3,556 (+ 128.6 %)
According to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau ( DICJ ), during the May Golden Week holiday , gross gaming revenue rose 492 % to MOP10.4bn ( US $ 1.3bn ). A total of 167,000 visitors arrived in Macau during the five-day holiday , more than 93 % of whom came from China , according to the Macau Government Tourism Office ( MGTO ).
During the annual media briefing on 10 February 2021 , the director of MGTO , Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes , said that
ICE365 Macau report