Macau’s hotel guests dipped by 0.9 percent year-on-year to 10.81 million in the first three quarters, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced in a statement today.
Guests from the Chinese mainland (7,954,000) and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1,304,000) dropped by 1.9 percent and 2.6 percent respectively.
Foreign guests (939,000) rose by 10.0 percent year-on-year; among them, those from South Korea (273,000), Thailand (77,000) and India (67,000) grew by 9.7 percent, 33.6 percent and 16.4 percent respectively, while those from Japan (66,000) and Malaysia (55,000) fell by 9.0 percent and 9.6 percent respectively.
Guest rooms’ average occupancy rate stood at 90.7 percent in the first three quarters, an uplift of 1.5 percentage points year-on-year.
In September, guest rooms’ average occupancy rate was 88.0 percent, up by 3.6 percentage points year-on-year. Guests rose by 3.9 percent year-on-year to 1,160,000, of which foreign guests (100,000) rose by 6.4 percent.
At the end of August, according to the latest available figures, Macau has 151 hotels, including 40 five-star and 45 budget hotels.
The number of guestrooms stood at 45,100 at the end of August, including 25,800 in five-star and 1,200 in budget hotels.
Undated photo of Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16 on Rua das Lorchas in the Macau Peninsula's Inner Harbour - Photo courtesy of MGTO
