Visitors from outside Greater China made up only 4.2 percent of the total 14.4 million visitors that entered the Macau SAR between January and July, according to data published by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)

Macau's visitor arrivals in the fourth quarter of 2022 fell by 31.5 percent yearly, to 1.36 million, despite a surge in visitors joining local tours.

Visitation to Macau has increased to over 109,000 visitors during the three days since border restrictions were eliminated, sparked by visitation from mainland China.

An online visa system has been launched, expected to boost Macau's visitation from mainland China, despite the city's recent COVID outbreak.

Macau gross gambling revenue in the first week of November was up 12 percent over the prior week, but the casino spend doesn't seem to be keeping pace with rising visitor numbers, Bernstein Research says.

Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the number of visitors to Macau in January 2021 dropped by 15.6 percent month-to-month to 556,765, which also represented a year-on-year decline of 80.5 percent.

Average daily visitor arrivals to Macau exceeded 21,000 around the New Year’s Day between December 31 and January 3, while the average occupancy rate of local hotels exceeded 67 percent. On New Year’s Eve, Macau registered 30,747 visitor arrivals, the highest daily record over the last eleven months.

Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the number of visitor arrivals grew by 9.3 percent month-to-month to 636,351 in November 2020. However, this figure represented a year-on-year decline of 78.1 percent.

Arrivals to Macau surged by 97.7 percent month-to-month to 449,085 last month, according to the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC). Meanwhile, hotel occupancy reached 16.4 percent.

Macau's international visitor arrivals have already recovered to 68.2 percent of 2019 levels, with 584,026 foreign tourists received in the first quarter of 2024. The Philippines led the charge, with over 110K tourists.