Macau recorded approximately 3.65 million visitor arrivals in January 2026, broadly unchanged year-on-year, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
The stable headline figure masked a decline in overnight travel. Overnight visitors fell 6.6 percent to around 1.39 million, while same-day visitors rose 4.6 percent to roughly 2.25 million.
The average length of stay remained at 1.0 day. However, the average stay for overnight visitors edged up slightly to 2.3 days.
Visitors from mainland China declined 1.6 percent year-on-year to approximately 2.71 million. Those traveling under the Individual Visit Scheme dropped 9.6 percent to about 1.45 million.
The DSEC attributed the decline mainly to a higher comparison base, as last year’s Chinese New Year holiday in the mainland fell in late January.
Visitors from Hong Kong slipped 1.3 percent to around 570,000, while arrivals from Taiwan rose 20.7 percent to roughly 93,000.
International arrivals totaled about 278,000, up 15.5 percent year-on-year. Among Southeast Asian markets, arrivals from Malaysia increased 52.3 percent to around 18,000, while Thailand visitation surged 80.5 percent to approximately 18,000. Tourist numbers from Singapore grew 28.6 percent to roughly 10,000.
The Philippines figures declined 6.3 percent to about 45,000, and Indonesia fell 21.8 percent to around 17,000. India rose 54.1 percent to approximately 10,000. South Korea increased 14.5 percent to roughly 75,000, while Japan edged down 1.6 percent to around 12,000. Visitors from the United States rose 4.7 percent to nearly 13,000.
Hotel occupancy reaches 91.6% in January
Hotel performance remained firm. The average occupancy rate stood at 91.6 percent in January, up 0.7 percentage point year-on-year. Five-star hotels recorded 95.9 percent occupancy, an increase of 2.4 percentage points. Four-star and three-star hotels posted occupancy rates of 85.2 percent and 85.7 percent respectively, both lower than a year earlier.
The number of hotel guests fell 1.7 percent year-on-year to about 1.24 million. Mainland Chinese guests dropped 5.3 percent to roughly 917,000, while those from Hong Kong rose 2.1 percent to around 125,000. International hotel guests increased 26.6 percent to approximately 127,000.
Inbound package tour visitors totaled about 139,000, down 13.4 percent year-on-year. Mainland Chinese tour visitors fell 25.2 percent to roughly 104,000, while international tour visitors rose 45.8 percent to around 25,000.
