The Macau International Airport reported nearly 1.89 million passengers in the third quarter of 2025, reflecting a 6.3 percent decrease from just over 2 million during the same period last year.
This decline is primarily attributed to a reduction in travelers from mainland China, which remains the airport’s main source market.
As per the latest insights from Macau International Airport Co. Ltd. (CAM), the third-quarter figures represent about 75 percent of the passenger volume seen in the pre-pandemic era of 2019. This suggests a slower recovery compared to the broader resurgence of tourism in the city.
In September, passenger numbers increased by 3.9 percent year-on-year, totaling 555,730. This slight uptick helped mitigate more significant drops of 6.9 percent in August and 13.1 percent in July.
Over the first nine months of 2025, the airport accommodated nearly 5.5 million passengers, comprising both tourists and local residents. This marks a 4.3 percent decline from 5.74 million during the same timeframe in 2024.
Cumulatively, this traffic reached only 76 percent of the levels recorded in 2019, despite Macau’s overall visitor numbers recovering to over 98 percent of pre-COVID figures.
In a noteworthy shift, visitor numbers from Taiwan and South Korea—Macau’s second and third-largest source markets—saw increases of 10.3 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, with 384,737 and 132,853 arrivals in the first nine months of 2025.
