Macau saw a strong increase in visitor arrivals in January, with over 3.64 million entering the gaming hub, a yearly rise of 27.4 percent.
According to official statistics, same-day visitation rose by 45.6 percent yearly, to 2.15 million, while overnight visitors totaled 1.49 million, up by 7.9 percent year-on-year.
The average length of stay – something the government has actively been trying to increase to boost non-gaming spend – decreased by 0.2 day ‘due to the growth in the proportion of same day visitors’.
Mainland China contributed some 2.75 million tourists during the month, up by 33.8 percent yearly. Those traveling under the Individual Visit Scheme amounted to 1.6 million, up by 44 percent year-on-year.
Those using the “one trip per week” measure amounted to 11,698, while those using the “multiple-entry measure” amounted to 25,933.
International visitation also increased, by 21 percent yearly to 241,131. Visitation from the Philippines increased by 42.2 percent, to 48,499 – while that of Indonesia rose by 54.6 percent to 21,579.
Visitation from South Korea totaled 65,659 – a rise of 29.9 percent, while that from Japan totaled 12,029, up by 13 percent yearly.
