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Principal Indicators
Overnight Visitors Same-day Visitors
Overnight Visitors Same-day Visitors
•
•
•
Current Quarter
Change (%)
Change 2018 (%)
1.3
1.2 1.7 -11.0
Overnight visitors spent an average of MOP3,064, down by 4.2% year- on-year; those from Japan (MOP3,536) and Mainland China (MOP3,371) had relatively high per-capita spending. Meanwhile, per- capita spending of same-day visitors decreased by 17.3% year-on- year to MOP678, with that of Mainland visitors leading at MOP803.
- Attributable to a rise of 13.8% in visitor arrivals, total spending (excluding gaming expenses) of visitors in the fourth quarter of 2018 increased by 1.3% year- on-year to MOP18.42 billion. Total spending of overnight visitors and same-day visitors recorded growth of 1.2% and 1.7% respectively. For the whole year of 2018, total spending of visitors reached MOP69.69 billion, up by 13.6% year-on-year; total spending of overnight visitors and same-day visitors grew by 13.0% and 16.2% respectively.
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-4.2
VISITOR EXPENDITURE SURVEY
4
THQUARTER 2018
16.2 3.5
5.5 3.1
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3 064 3 041
As regards per-capita spending, Mainland visitors spent an average of MOP2,091, down by 13.5% year-on-year; spending of those from Guangdong Province (MOP1,795) and Fujian Province (MOP1,384) showed decreases of 13.9% and 19.8% respectively. Per-capita spending of Mainland visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) fell by 9.4% year-on-year to MOP2,552, with spending of Guangdong visitors dropping by 15.8% while that of Fujian visitors rising by 5.8%.
-17.3
Per-capita Spending of Visitors in 4th Quarter 678
In the fourth quarter of 2018, total spending of visitors from Mainland China amounted to MOP14.72 billion, down marginally by 0.3% year- on-year; spending of Guangdong visitors (MOP5.19 billion) rose by 3.4% while that of Fujian visitors (MOP373 million) decreased by 3.9%. Total spending of Mainland overnight visitors (MOP11.90 billion) registered a slight increase of 0.5%, whereas that of Mainland same- day visitors (MOP2.82 billion) dropped by 3.6%.
Per-capita spending of visitors in the fourth quarter decreased by 11.0% year-on-year to MOP1,844, with that of overnight visitors and same-day visitors dropping by 4.2% and 17.3% respectively. For the whole year of 2018, per-capita spending of visitors was MOP1,946, up by 3.5% year-on-year; spending of overnight visitors and same-day visitors showed respective growth of 5.5% and 3.1%.
18 419
14 955 3 464 1 844
69 687
56 237
13.6
13.0 13 450
1 946 Total Spending of Visitors
(Million MOP)
Per-capita Spending of Visitors (MOP)
Analysed by main purpose of visit, per-capita spending of visitors coming for MICE events took the lead at MOP3,992. In 2018, per-capita spending of visitors coming for MICE events was MOP3,506, while spending of those coming for shopping and vacation was MOP2,618 and MOP2,552 respectively.
Visitors spent mainly on shopping (44.3% of total), accommodation (27.2%) and food & beverage (21.1%) in the fourth quarter. In 2018, shopping, accommodation and food & beverage accounted for 47.1%, 25.6% and 20.0% of visitor spending respectively.
Per-capita Spending of Visitors from Mainland China in 4th Quarter
777
Per-capita spending of visitors from Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan dropped by 9.8%, 11.9% and 2.4% respectively, whereas spending of those from Japan and Hong Kong rose by 18.2% and 2.8%
respectively. Among long-haul visitors, those from the United States and the United Kingdom saw increases in their per-capita spending;
however, spending of those from Australia decreased.
2 091
1 053
1 577
2 281
1 594
1 710
1 287
1 386
1 295
1 392
0 900 1 800 2 700 3 600
Mainland China
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Japan
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
U.S.A.
United Kingdom
Australia
MOP 2 514
1 384
1 929 1 795
2 552 2 091
0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 3 000
Individual Visit Scheme Mainland China
Overall Guangdong Province Fujian Province
Same-day Visitor Overnight Visitor Visitor MOP
統 計 暨 普 查 局
Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
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Per-capita Shopping Spending of Visitors in 4th Quarter
• Total
Clothing
Jewellery & Watches Local Food Products Cosmetics & Perfume Handbags & Shoes Others
•
Mainland China Hong Kong Taiwan Japan Malaysia Singapore Thailand U.S.A.
United Kingdom Australia
•
Visitors spent 44.3% of their spending on shopping, yet with per-capita shopping spending falling by 17.5% year-on-year to MOP817. Visitors from Mainland China spent an average of MOP1,060 on shopping (50.7% of their per-capita spending), while shopping spending of Mainland IVS visitors reached MOP1,556 (61.0% of their per-capita spending).
As regards overnight visitors, per-capita spending of those from the United States (+19.6%) and Japan (+19.5%) showed significant increases, whereas spending of those from Thailand (-12.3%), Singapore (-11.1%) and Australia (-10.7%) declined notably.
3.9 -1.2
75 817
Structure of Visitor Spending in 4th Quarter
MOP
-33.6
-0.3
106 127
120 279
2 000
19.6 13.7
Current Quarter
-28.8 -19.6 252
66 -45.4
-17.5 990
90
Overnight visitors spent MOP1,159 (37.8% of their per-capita spending) on shopping, down by 12.4% year-on-year; meanwhile, their per-capita spending on accommodation and food & beverage amounted to MOP1,025 (33.4%) and MOP699 (22.8%), up by 6.8%
and 0.4% respectively.
-12.0 41.8
287
395
-1.5
72
Per-Capita Spending of Overnight and Same-day Visitors in 4th Quarter
1.4 803
418
-22.4 13.6 MOP
3 100
2 359 -9.8
Same-day visitors spent MOP490 (72.2% of their per-capita spending) on shopping, down by 20.9% year-on-year; their per-capita spending on food & beverage was merely MOP92, a decrease of 16.8%.
19.5 0.8
-10.7 10.4
502 3 371
-11.1 -6.6
2.0 428
Per-capita Spending of Visitors by Type of Expense in 4th Quarter 444
Per-capita spending of same-day visitors from Mainland China dropped markedly by 22.4%, while spending of those from Thailand (+19.0%) and Hong Kong (+13.6%) recorded obvious growth.
Change (%)
224
109 Same Quarter
in 2017
Overnight Visitors
Change (%)
Same-day Visitors
Change (%)
3 536
194
2 368
9.3 19.0 2 593
2 080 -12.3
2 448 2 154
485 329
393
Visitors spent MOP501 (27.2% of their per-capita spending) on accommodation and MOP389 (21.1%) on food & beverage, down by 0.9% and 7.2% respectively year-on-year. Analysed by country/place, per-capita spending on accommodation and food & beverage of Japanese visitors peaked at MOP992 and MOP661 respectively.
With regard to types of purchases, per-capita shopping spending on cosmetics & perfume (MOP252) and local food products (MOP224) decreased by 12.0% and 19.6% respectively year-on-year. Mainland visitors had relatively high per-capita spending on cosmetics &
perfume (MOP355) as compared to visitors from other countries/places, whereas visitors from Malaysia (MOP339) and Singapore (MOP327) had higher per-capita spending on local food products.
1 159 1 025
490 699
181 92
97 0
300 600 900 1 200 1 500
Overnight Visitors Same-day Visitors MOP
Shopping 44.3%
Accommodation 27.2%
Food & Beverage 21.1%
Transport 5.9%
Others 1.5%
Shopping Accommodation Food & Beverage Others
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Overall Of which:
• Attending MICE Events
Shopping Vacation
Visiting Relatives or Friends Business & Professional Gaming
Transit
• Economic Activity Status of Visitors in 4th Quarter
Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers Professionals
Technicians & Associate Professionals Clerks
Service & Sales Workers Other Employed Persons
Visitors’ Comments in 4th Quarter
Environmental Hygiene Public Facilities Travel Agencies Hotels
Gaming Establishments Restaurants
Retail Shops Public Transport
•
Analysed by main purpose of visit, per-capita spending of visitors coming for MICE events topped the list in the fourth quarter, at MOP3,992, up by 13.0% year-on-year; however, per-capita spending of those coming for vacation (MOP2,500) and shopping (MOP2,090) declined by 13.3% and 24.6% respectively.
There were 53.1% of the visitors who came to Macao for vacation and 8.0% for visiting relatives or friends, up by 1.2 percentage points and 1.3 percentage points respectively year-on-year. In addition, the proportions of visitors who came to Macao for shopping (7.6%), gaming (2.7%) and MICE events (1.0%) dropped by 0.5 percentage points, 1.3 percentage points and 0.4 percentage points respectively.
15.5
Unemployed & Economically Inactive Individuals
As regards visitors’ comments in the fourth quarter, the proportions of visitors who were satisfied with the services and facilities of hotels (89.4%) and environmental hygiene (84.1%) inched down by 0.3 percentage points and 0.8% percentage points respectively quarter-to- quarter.
The shares of visitors who complimented on the services of travel agencies (82.6%) and the services & facilities of gaming establishments (80.3%) increased by 3.2 percentage points and 0.3 percentage points respectively quarter-to-quarter, whereas the proportion of those who expressed satisfaction towards the services of retail shops (82.2%) remained stable.
The proportion of visitors who considered that there were adequate points of tourist attractions in Macao (59.7%) edged up by 0.7 percentage points over the third quarter of 2018.
2.1 -0.3
-0.2 -0.3
80.3 0.3 15.3
17.3
0.1
-0.3 1.2
1.3 1.6 1.3 0.9
2.0 8.3
-1.0
1.7
Visitors' Comments on Points of Tourist Attractions in 4th Quarter -0.1 0.4
82.2 14.7
The unemployed & economically inactive individuals (such as housewives and retirees) constituted 20.3% of the total visitors, down by 1.2 percentage points year-on-year.
Satisfied Fair
- 0.6
0.7 17.7
72.0
0.1
-0.3 8.7
79.7
2.2 0.2
0.4
2.8 -0.4
- 89.4
80.5
13.5
13.7 0.1
- 0.7
0.4 -0.7
Quarter-to-quarter Difference (p.p.)
Improvement Needed
Quarter-to-quarter Difference (p.p.)
-1.2
1.4 0.1
3.5 0.4
1.0
0.1 2.3
0.5
Quarter-to-quarter
Difference (p.p.) No Comment
% Per-capita Spending of Visitors by Main Purpose of Visit in 4th Quarter
1.0 Current Quarter
Difference (p.p.)
53.1 7.6
100.0 ..
-0.4 -0.5
2.7
3.2 82.6
-0.8 -0.6
0.2 In terms of economic activity status of visitors, 25.7% of the visitors
were legislators, senior officials & managers and 11.7% were clerks, down by 1.7 percentage points and 1.6 percentage points respectively year-on-year. Meanwhile, 16.8% were technicians & associate professionals and 12.5% were professionals, up by 3.9 percentage points and 1.5 percentage points respectively.
-0.4 -2.5
84.1
14.1 Quarter-to-quarter
Difference (p.p.)
-13.3 -24.6 2 072 -11.0
2 770
1 225 -15.2 1 512 3 992
753 2 500 1.2 Structure of Visitors
(%)
Per-capita Spending (MOP)
Current Quarter
1 844
2 884
-1.7 25.7
Current Quarter Structure (%)
656 -1.3
Difference (p.p.) 0.2
1.8 152.7 Same
Quarter in 2017
Change (%)
-38.5 3 531
6.0
260 13.0
8.0 0.6
921 938
12.5
10.2 2.8 20.3
3.9 -1.6 0.3 11.7
-1.2 16.8
1.5 1 282
2 090
1.3
59.0%
20.0%
5.8%
15.2%
59.7%
19.9%
5.3%
15.1%
Adequate Fair Inadequate No Comment 2018Q4
2018Q3
•
Million MOP '000
•
Per-capita Spending of Overnight and Same-day Visitors in 2018 MOP
• Mainland China
Hong Kong Taiwan Japan Malaysia Singapore
Thailand •
U.S.A.
United Kingdom Australia
In 2018, per-capita spending of visitors increased by 3.5% year-on-year to MOP1,946. Mainland visitors spent an average of MOP2,242, up by 1.8%; among them, IVS visitors had a per-capita spending of MOP2,609, an increase of 4.9%.
Per-capita spending of same-day visitors went up by 3.1% year- on-year to MOP777, with spending of those from Mainland China and Singapore rising by 0.9% and 3.2% respectively.
Attributable to a rise of 9.8% in number of visitor arrivals and a growth of 3.5% in per-capita spending of visitors in 2018, total spending of visitors reached MOP69.69 billion, up by 13.6% year- on-year.
Per-capita Spending of Visitors by Country / Place in 2018
4.2 383 -7.2
2 472 7.9 438 4.9
2 910 8.9 459 0.7
2 350 -6.7 427 -0.2
2 835 0.7 474 3.2
1 971 -7.5 343 -9.9
2 218 9.3 431 3.7
1 993 Overnight
Visitors
Change (%)
Same-day Visitors
Change (%) 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
3 044 4.9 204 -5.6
For the whole year of 2018, per-capita spending of overnight visitors was MOP3,041, up by 5.5% year-on-year. Overnight visitors from Mainland China, Japan and Taiwan registered growth of 3.5%, 8.9% and 4.9% in their per-capita spending respectively; however, spending of those from Malaysia and Thailand decreased.
3 403 3.5 949 0.9
1 850 13.7 401 7.8
Visitors from Japan (+7.3%), Singapore (+0.3%) and Taiwan (+1.7%) showed year-on-year increases in their per-capita spending, while those from Malaysia (-8.9%) saw a decrease. As regards long haul visitors, per-capita spending of those from Australia and the United States grew year-on-year, whereas spending of those from the United Kingdom dropped slightly.
Total Spending of Visitors in 2018
Total spending of overnight visitors and same-day visitors amounted to MOP56.24 billion and MOP13.45 billion in 2018, up by 13.0% and 16.2% respectively year-on-year.
Total spending of visitors from Mainland China rose by 15.9%
year-on-year to MOP56.65 billion (81.3% of total visitor spending), with that of IVS visitors adding up to MOP32.01 billion, a growth of 21.3%.
1 508 1 193
1 318 1 152
1 853 1 605
1 871 1 613
1 054 2 242
0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500
Australia United
Kingdom U.S.A.
Thailand Singapore
Malaysia Japan
Taiwan Hong Kong
Mainland China MOP
2018 2017 18 419
18 352 16 500
16 415
0 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000
0 2 500 5 000 7 500 10 000 12 500
2017 Visitor Arrivals 2018 Visitor Arrivals Overnight Visitors by Quarter in 2018
Overnight Visitors by Quarter in 2017
Same-day Visitors by Quarter in 2018 Same-day Visitors by Quarter in 2017
Per-capita Spending of Visitors in 2018 MOP
•
Shopping Clothing
Jewellery & Watches Local Food Products Cosmetics & Perfume Handbags & Shoes Others
Accommodation Food & Beverage Transport Others
•
Overall Of which:
Attending MICE Events Vacation
Shopping
Business & Professional
Gaming Transit
Visitors’ Comments in 2018 %
Environmental Hygiene Public Facilities Travel Agencies Hotels
Gaming Establishments Restaurants
Retail Shops Public Transport Tourist Attractions
•
Per-capita spending of visitors on accommodation grew by 2.7% year- on-year to MOP498 (25.6% of total), whereas that on food & beverage edged down by 0.8% to MOP389 (20.0%).
Analysed by main purpose of visit, per-capita spending of MICE visitors reached MOP3,506 in 2018, a rise of 1.4% year-on-year;
spending of those coming for shopping (MOP2,618) and vacation (MOP2,552) both increased by 1.8%.
For the whole year of 2018, visitors’ satisfaction towards the various services and facilities in Macao registered increases to different extents; the proportions of visitors who were satisfied with the services of travel agencies (79.6%) and public facilities (80.4%) surged by 8.9 percentage points and 6.8 percentage points respectively year-on- year.
-7.7 -0.8 Satisfied /
Adequate
1 188 985 20.6
447 294 52.0
14.9
6.0 78.3
84.4 80.4 79.6 88.6 79.3
-2.6 4.3
6.5
-3.1 -4.1 15.2
18.3 20.3 5.2
The proportion of visitors who complimented on the services and facilities of hotels was relatively high (88.6%) as compared to the proportions for other aspects, representing an increase of 2.7 percentage points year-on-year. However, 8.2% of the visitors indicated that improvement in public transport services was needed.
2.4 2.4 15.0 1.2
8.2
5.7 -1.8 -1.6
-0.3 -1.4
-0.9 -1.0 81.2
71.1 59.0
2.1 1.4
1.4 1.5 1.5 15.9
8.9
-2.1 -3.7
-0.6 -0.7 -0.5 15.6
18.1
3.1 8.9
5.1
-2.7 1 394 -7.6
2.6
2 618 2 571 1.8
1 199 1 468 -18.3 0.9
0.6 -0.5 -2.8 0.6
1.1 3.6 No Comment
5.4
13.2 13.7
In 2018, visitors coming to Macao for vacation and shopping constituted 54.5% and 8.9% of the total visitor arrivals, up by 1.2 percentage points and 0.9 percentage points respectively year- on-year. Meanwhile, the proportion of visitors coming for MICE events held stable as in 2017, at 0.9%.
-0.8 8.9
-0.7 -0.7
-0.7 -0.9 Year-on-year
Difference (p.p.)
Year-on-year Difference (p.p.)
Year-on-year Difference (p.p.)
Year-on-year Difference (p.p.)
6.5 6.8
1.5 3.7 0.9
2.2 -5.1
-5.2 Fair
Improvement Needed / Inadequate
2.7
-0.3 -1.4
-0.9
3 506 3 456 1.4
2 552 2 508 1.8
Structure of Visitors (%)
Per-capita Spending (MOP)
2018 Difference(p.p.) 2018 2017 Change (%)
0.9 -
1.2 54.5
Visiting Relatives or Friends 5.5 1 288
21.9 14.4
84 -8.1 4.3
78 -7.3 4.0
100.0 .. 1 946 1 880 3.5
389 -0.8 20.0
111 -3.3 5.7
32 -6.4 1.6
Per-capita Spending of Visitors by Main Purpose of Visit in 2018
498 2.7 25.6
Per-capita Spending
Change (%)
Structure In terms of types of expenses, shopping took up 47.1% of per-capita (%)
spending in 2018, with per-capita shopping spending rising by 7.2%
year-on-year to MOP916. Shopping spending on cosmetics & perfume (MOP280) expanded by 21.9% while that on local food products (MOP248) dropped by 1.5%.
916 7.2 47.1
123 13.3 6.3
104 15.9 5.3
248 -1.5 12.8
280
Million MOP MOP
Sampling Error Historical Data
4th Quarter 4th Quarter
Visitors
Overnight Visitors Overnight Visitors
Same-day Visitors Same-day Visitors
Annual Per-capita Spending (MOP)
Visitors Overnight Visitors
Overnight Visitors Same-day Visitors
Same-day Visitors Annual
Overnight Visitors Same-day Visitors Per-capita Spending (MOP)
Overnight Visitors Same-day Visitors
Methodology
Glossary
Main Purpose of Visit: The most important reason or motivation for the trip, in the absence of which the trip would not have taken place.
“Visitor” is defined in accordance with the International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 of UNWTO.
Symbols and abbreviations:
-
Absolute value equals zero p.p. Percentage point.. Not applicable MOP Macao Pataca
% Percentage 0# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed
For additional information:
Note:
Visitor:
Classification of Visitors:
Overnight Visitor:
Same-day Visitor:
662 Food &
Beverage
3 475 Total Spending (Million MOP)
0.9 0.3 0.3
1.6 1.3 0.5 0.5
0.6 0.6 .. 0.1
0.7
59 541
2013 2014 2015
Spending of Visitors:
0.5 0.1 0.1
0.8 0.6 0.2 0.2
0.4 0.4 .. 0#
Visitor Expenditure Survey adopts quota sampling method in selecting samples of visitors. Enumerators collect spending data as well as comments on services and facilities from visitors during their stay in Macao at major departure points.
Any person taking a trip to a main destination outside his/her usual environment, for less than a year, for any main purpose other than to be employed by a resident entity in the country or place visited.
Visitor who stays at least one night in a residential accommodation or casino in the place visited.
Visitor who does not spend the night in any residential accommodation, hotel/guesthouse, or casino in the place visited.
The amount paid by visitors for the purchase of goods and services for own use or to give away, including expenses paid by the visitors or reimbursed by others such as relatives, friends or employers. Spending of visitors excludes gaming expenses, donations, expenses on purchase of assets and goods for resale.
641 668 693 754
2 030 1 959 0.4
3 493 2 807 2 681 2 883 49 580 50 883 40 165 42 097 49 753 9 961 10 866 10 963 10 564 11 571
61 749 51 128 52 662 2 875 2 995 2 672 2 768
61 324
1 665 1 701 1 880 3 776 3 082 2 733 2 798 3 200
746 679 658 731 820
3 408 2 201 1 757 1 660 1 830 2 072 Total Spending (Million MOP) 16 318 14 054 13 051 14 789 18 186 13 444 11 058 10 379 12 021 14 778
2016 2017
Total Spending and Per-capita Spending of Visitors
MOP Per-capita
Spending Shopping Accommodation 37 892
45 328
52 345 59 541 61 749
51 128 52 662
61 324 69 687
0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500
0 15 000 30 000 45 000 60 000 75 000
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total Spending of Overnight Visitors Total Spending of Same-day Visitors Per-capita Spending of Visitors
