Macau received nearly 36.5 million visitor arrivals in the first eleven months of 2025, marking a year-on-year increase of 14.4 percent, according to official data released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
The figures underscore a continued recovery in inbound travel to Macau, supported by strong growth from the Chinese mainland and steady gains in overseas markets.
In November alone, the city recorded about 3.35 million visitor arrivals, up 18.1 percent from a year earlier. Mainland China remained the dominant source market, with roughly 2.4 million arrivals during the month, up 21.9 percent yearly. Travel under the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) accounted for about 1.26 million of these visitors, up more than 36 percent from the same period last year.
Among mainland travelers, more than 220,000 entered Macau under the “one trip per week” measure, while about 112,000 used the “multiple-entry” arrangement and nearly 30,000 traveled under the “tourist group multi-entry” measure. Visitors from the nine Pearl River Delta cities in the Greater Bay Area totaled about 1.28 million in November, up 33 percent year-on-year, driven largely by a sharp increase in arrivals from Zhuhai, strongly influenced by the “one trip per week” policy.
Arrivals from Hong Kong reached about 584,000 in November, up 5.4 percent year-on-year, while visitors from Taiwan totaled about 91,000, an increase of 27.1 percent.
International visitation also continued to improve. November saw nearly 274,000 international visitors, up 13.6 percent year-on-year. Growth was recorded across several key markets, including the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand in Southeast Asia, as well as India.
Northeast Asian markets also performed strongly, with arrivals from South Korea and Japan posting double-digit growth. Visitors from the United States rose by nearly 8 percent year-on-year.
