Tourism | Visitor arrivals at record high since September outbreak

Macau registered 35,525 visitors on Friday, topping the recent record number of 30,000 from previous weeks. This is the highest recorded number of visitors since September 25, when Macau entered an immediate state of prevention due to a Covid-19 outbreak and implemented strict infection control measures.
186,582 visitors arrived during the past week, averaging 26,655 a day, according to information from the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO). These numbers represent an increase of 150.9% compared to the numbers from October, when the average was around 10,622 visitors per day.
In an attempt to attract more visitors to Macau, a series of events will be held from mid-November and throughout December, including the Macao Light Festival and the Light Up Macao Drone Gala, and the Macau Food Festival, which has already started and will continue until December 5.
In light of the recent arrival numbers, the MGTO expects tourist arrivals in 2021 will exceed six million.
“Right now, we should be able to pass six million. […] It [may even] reach seven million. But if we do get seven million, that would be slightly higher than last year,” said the MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes during a press conference last week. Staff reporter