According to data from the Macao Statistics and Census Bureau, the total number of inbound visitors in January 2025 was 3,646,561, an increase of 27.4% over the previous year.
The Zhitong Finance App learned that according to data from the Macao Statistics and Census Bureau, the total number of inbound visitors in January 2025 was 3,646,561, an increase of 27.4% over the previous year. The number of overnight visitors (2,155,279) and overnight visitors (1,491,282) increased by 45.6% and 7.9%, respectively, over the same period last year. The average length of stay of visitors was 1.0 day, 0.2 days shorter than the same period last year, mainly due to the year-on-year increase in the proportion of overnight visitors; however, the average length of stay for overnight visitors (0.3 days) increased by 0.1 days, while the average length of stay for overnight visitors (2.2 days) remained unchanged.
According to customer source analysis, the number of visitors from mainland China increased by 33.8% year-on-year to 2,750,284 in January; individual visitors (1,606,802) rose by 44%. Among them, the number of visitors entering through the “one trip per week” and “one visa and multiple travel” methods recorded 111,698 and 25,933, respectively; in addition, a total of 13,398 visitors entered through the “group entry and exit” method. The number of visitors from the nine Pearl River Delta cities in the Greater Bay Area increased by 37.9% to 1,414,199. Visitors from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (577,983) and Taiwan (77,163) increased by 5.8% and 28.8%, respectively.
The total number of international visitors in January was 241,131, an increase of 21% over the previous year. In the Southeast Asian market, visitors from the Philippines (48,499), Indonesia (21,579) and Malaysia (11,982) increased by 42.2%, 54.6% and 9%, respectively, while visitors from Thailand (9,992) and Singapore (7,874) decreased by 26.6% and 11.3%. Visitors from South Asia from India (6,648) decreased by 2.2% year-on-year, while visitors from South Korea (65,659) and Japan (12,029) from Northeast Asia increased by 29.9% and 13%, respectively. The number of long-haul visitors to the US (12,367) recorded a 13.2% year-on-year increase.
According to entry channel statistics, the number of visitors entering by land (2,987,663, accounting for 81.9% of the total), sea (385,015, accounting for 10.6%), and air (273,883, accounting for 7.5%) increased by 31.9%, 9.2% and 12.3%, respectively, in January.
