Macau recorded around 750,000 visitor arrivals during the first four days of the October Golden Week, with approximately 210,000 entering on October 4th, the highest daily tally of the holiday so far.
Preliminary figures from the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) showed 540,549 arrivals during the first three days. Daily arrivals climbed from 169,635 on October 1st to 179,253 on October 2nd and 191,661 on October 3rd, up 22.3 percent, 10.2 percent and 6.4 percent year-on-year, respectively.
The opening four days averaged approximately 188,000 arrivals per day, around 25 percent above MGTO’s forecast of 150,000 daily visitors across the seven-day holiday, which runs through October 7th.
Mainland China accounted for approximately 86.5 percent of arrivals during the first three days, with 467,348 visitors, followed by Hong Kong with 51,423.
On October 4th, the Border Gate handled more than 98,000 visitor arrivals, followed by Hengqin with over 45,000 and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge with more than 29,000.
Total border movements exceeded 844,000 that day, including residents and other travelers. Visitor movements accounted for over 424,000, comprising approximately 210,000 arrivals and nearly 214,000 departures.
