Macau recorded a considerable uptick in international hotel guests in May 2025, reaching 100,000—an annual rise of 12.9 percent—according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
The growth was driven by key markets including South Korea, India, Japan, and Thailand. South Korean guests totaled 27,000, up 19.2 percent year-on-year. Arrivals from Japan surged 37.8 percent to 9,000, while India contributed 11,000 guests, a 2 percent increase. In contrast, visitor numbers from Malaysia and Singapore fell by 3.6 percent and 2.3 percent, respectively.
Macau welcomed approximately 1.2 million hotel guests overall in May, up 2.7 percent from a year earlier. Visitors from mainland China accounted for about 900,000 of the total, marking a 3.7 percent rise.
Hotel occupancy remained strong amid a reduced room supply. The average occupancy rate in May rose 4.5 percentage points to 87.8 percent. Five-star hotels led the segment with a 91.4 percent occupancy rate, followed by three-star hotels at 84.2 percent and four-star hotels at 80.7 percent.
At the end of May, Macau had 147 hotel establishments—four more than a year ago—while the total number of available guest rooms dropped by 3.7 percent to 45,000.
From January to May, the average occupancy rate stood at 89.2 percent, up 5 percentage points year-on-year. During the same period, total hotel guests declined slightly by 2.1 percent to 6 million, with an average stay length of 1.7 nights.
Inbound package tour visitors showed mixed trends. In the first five months, the total reached 855,000, up 0.7 percent year-on-year. International package visitors rose 12.4 percent to 99,000, with South Korea contributing 46,000 visitors—up 24.2 percent. Mainland Chinese tour visitors dropped 2.2 percent to 732,000.
In May alone, inbound package visitors declined 21 percent to 128,000, largely due to a 27.9 percent drop in mainland China tour visitors, who totaled 101,000. However, international package visitors rose 22.8 percent to 22,000, including 8,000 from South Korea, up 20.5 percent.
