Tourism – Macau | Golden Week mainland visitors rose by 6.9 percent

Visitor arrivals to Macau during the seven-day National Holidays Golden Week (between October 1 and 7) exceeded 1.15 million (including non-local employees and students), according to the preliminary statistics provided by Public Security Police Force.  The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) highlighted yesterday that the number of arrivals represents a year-on-year increase of eight percent. Among various markets, visitor arrivals from mainland China surged by 6.9 percent.
The number of visitors from the Greater China market hit 1.1 million and constituted 95.5 percent of the total visitor arrivals to Macau during the National Holidays, an increase of 7.6 percent compared with the corresponding period last year.
Among them was close to 970,000 visitors from mainland China, which constituted 84 percent of the total visitor arrivals and registered 6.9 percent year-on-year increase. Visitor arrivals from Taiwan and Hong Kong rose by 15.7 and 12.5 percent respectively, both marking a double-digit growth. Other markets also saw better performance than last year, with their visitor numbers climbing up by 16.5 percent to over 51,000.
MGTO also stressed in a statement that according to figures provided by the local trade, the average occupancy rate of hotel establishments (guest houses and hotels) in Macau was 92.3 percent during the Golden Week, a year-on-year increase of 5.1 percentage points. Except for guest houses, all categories of hotels registered a rise in their average occupancy rate.
The average occupancy rate of five-Star hotels was 94.4%, up 5.5 percentage points. The average room rate of hotel establishments (hotels and guest houses) in Macau was about 1,700 patacas during the Golden Week, a year-on-year decline of 1.2 percent.

Five illegal inns closed

During the Golden Week, MGTO carried out a total of 64 inspections at various ports and tourist spots in addition to several joint actions. The office also inspected 27 premises and sealed five premises which allegedly operated as illegal accommodation.