Stats Hotel occupancy in July drops to 38% owing to partial lockdown

The average occupancy rate of guest rooms in July dropped by 25.6 percentage points year-on-year to 38.1% owing to the lingering impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, according to data provided by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).

The number of guests of hotel establishments in July declined by 55.6% year-on-year to 309,000, with Mainland guests (238,000) and local guests (51,000) falling by 57.1% and 52.1%, respectively. Meanwhile, guests’ average length of stay rose by 0.4 night year-on-year to 2.1 nights due to the fact that many cross-border workers were living in the city amid the pandemic outbreak to avoid quarantine upon arrival in Zhuhai. 

Visitor arrivals in July drastically dropped by 98.8% year-on-year to 9,759 due to the city’s partial lockdown in response to its largest outbreak since mid-June. The figure also represented a plunge of 97.4% month-on-month as the outbreak, the origins of which are unknown, brought the entire tourism sector to a halt.

In the first seven months of 2022, the average occupancy rate of guest rooms of hotel establishments decreased by 14.6 percentage points year-on-year to 37.7%. The number of guests declined by 27.9% year-on-year to 2,937,000, whereas guests’ average length of stay increased by 0.2 night to 1.9 nights.

In July, visitors joining local tours totalled 200, representing a decline of 96.2% year-on-year; the number of Macau residents purchasing outbound services (booking transport, accommodation and sightseeing tours) through travel agencies tumbled by 95.9% to 900.

In the first seven months of 2022, the number of local tour visitors decreased by 44.6% year-on-year to 18,000, while that of Macau residents purchasing outbound services through travel agencies plunged by 82.9% to 20,000. LV