The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has reported a remarkable recovery in the city’s tourism sector, with the number of tourist arrivals in the first five months of 2024 exceeding 14 million, which is a year-on-year increase of approximately 50%.
According to MGTO director Helena de Senna Fernandes, the daily average of visitors during this period was over 93,000, reaching 82.5% of the same period in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic. The data indicates that mainland Chinese tourists accounted for 9.9 million of the total arrivals, or 81% of the pre-pandemic level.
Visitors from Hong Kong have recovered to 97.1% of 2019 levels, while the number of tourists from Taiwan, at 324,000, has reached 73.4% of pre-Covid levels. The number of overseas visitors, a key focus for the SAR’s tourism authorities, reached 978,000, a 1.75-fold increase year-on-year, representing almost 67% of the same period in 2019.
Fernandes expressed confidence that Macau will see a full-year visitation of 33 million in 2024, with the city expected to return to pre-Covid levels in 2025. The city welcomed a total of 39.4 million tourists in 2019. Staff Reporter
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