Visitor arrivals for the first three quarters of 2026

MACAU, October 23 - Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that number of visitor arrivals increased by 8.5% year-on-year to 32,181,272 in the first three quarters of 2026. Same-day visitors (19,783,856) rose by 14.5% year-on-year, while overnight visitors (12,397,416) held stable. Meanwhile, the average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.0 day, with that of overnight visitors (2.3 days) remaining unchanged.

As regards source of visitors, visitors from the Chinese mainland increased by 10.7% year-on-year to 23,884,916 in the first three quarters, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (13,153,979) rising by 14.3%. Visitors from the Taiwan region (882,023) went up by 21.3% year-on-year, while those from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (5,464,916) dropped by 0.3%.

International visitors totalled 1,949,417 in the first three quarters, up by 3.4% year-on-year. Regarding the Southeast Asian markets, visitors from Thailand (154,885) hiked by 34.8%, while those from the Philippines (363,120) and Indonesia (122,366) fell by 5.2% and 16.5% respectively. With respect to the South Asian markets, visitors from India (91,857) grew by 13.5% year-on-year. For the Northeast Asian markets, visitors from the Republic of Korea (374,590) decreased by 2.1% year-on-year. As regards long-haul markets, visitors from the USA (120,071) went up by 6.9% year-on-year.

In September 2026, number of visitor arrivals rose by 15.9% year-on-year to 3,216,535; same-day visitors (1,933,257) and overnight visitors (1,283,278) grew by 23.8% and 5.7% respectively. Number of international visitors totalled 180,821 in September, up by 2.6% year-on-year. Meanwhile, the cumulative average length of stay of visitors decreased by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.1 days, with that of overnight visitors (2.4 days) shortening by 0.1 day.

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