Macau’s hotels welcomed 338,000 international guests in the first quarter of 2026, a 16 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to data from the SAR’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
South Korea led international arrivals with 106,000 guests, up 15.1 percent year-on-year. Significant growth was also recorded from Thailand, where visitor numbers surged 61.3 percent to 28,000, and India, which posted a 51 percent rise to 19,000 guests. Malaysia contributed 22,000 arrivals, up 1.2 percent. Japan and Indonesia bucked the trend, declining 2.9 percent to 25,000 and 18.2 percent to 14,000 guests, respectively.
Overall hotel guests totaled 3.67 million between January 1st and March 31st, a 2.6 percent increase year-on-year. Mainland China remained the dominant source market with 2.74 million visitors, though growth was modest at 0.6 percent. Hong Kong arrivals rose 4.3 percent to 390,000.
The average room occupancy rate reached 92.3 percent, up 2.1 percentage points from the first quarter of 2025. Five-star hotels led with a 95.4 percent occupancy rate, followed by four-star properties at 88.7 percent and three-star hotels at 87.5 percent. Macau currently operates 147 hotels with a combined capacity of 45,400 rooms.
Group tour arrivals fell 14 percent to 475,000, with mainland Chinese tour groups declining 20.4 percent to 385,000, as authorities noted a shift toward independent travel among mainland visitors. International tour groups, however, grew 16.1 percent to 61,000.
