The total number of hotel rooms in Macau has risen to 47,000 in June, a yearly increase of 9.1 percent.
According to the most recent data from the SAR’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), some 143 hotel establishments were operating in the city in June, up by 12 yearly.
The average occupancy rate of the guest rooms also rose by 6.1 percentage points yearly to 84 percent during the first half of the year, with five-star hotel registering occupancy of 85.8 percent, while those of four-star hotels reached 80.4 percent.
During the first six months of the year, some 7.27 million guests stayed in Macau’s hotels, up by 20.4 percent yearly and a rise of 5.3 percent compared to the first half of 2019.
International hotel guests increased by 136.6 percent yearly, with those from South Korea rising by 270.6 percent, to 149,000.
Package tour visitors to Macau during the first half of 2024 totaled 968,000, up by 166 percent yearly, with those from mainland China increasing by 143 percent, to 851,000.
International tour visitation rose by 843.6 percent, to 102,000 – with noticeable increases from South Korea (42,000, up by 14,31 percent) and India (13,000, up by 2,045 percent).
