Visitor arrivals in the Macau SAR have increased by 25 percent month-on-month to more than 2,75 million in July 2023.
According to data recently published by the Macau government, the number of overnight visitors in July has also gone up by 23 percent from the previous month to some 1.4 million people, with same/day visitors increasing 27 percent to 1.3 million.
However, the average length of stay of visitors dropped by 7.0 days year-on-year to 1.3 days; while the duration for overnight visitors (2.3 days) decreased by 23.1 days year-on-year, while that for same-day visitors (0.3 day) went up by 0.2 day.
In the first seven months of 2023, the number of visitor arrivals expanded by 314.6 percent year-on-year to 14,4 million; overnight visitors (7,5 million) and same-day visitors (6,9 million) jumped by 482.8 percent and 215.6 percent, respectively.
The average length of stay of visitors increased by 0.1 day to 1.3 days; the average stay for same-day visitors (0.3 day) rose by 0.2 day whereas that for overnight visitors (2.3 days) decreased by 0.8 day.
Total spending by visitors to Macau – excluding gaming expenses – ballooned 354.6 percent year-on-year to MOP17.48 billion ($2.1 billion) in the second quarter of this year.
