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Principal Indicators
Visitor Arrivals Available Guest Rooms Total Spending of Visitors
('000) (No.) (Million MOP)
Average Length of Stay of Visitors Guests of Hotels & Guesthouses Per-capita Spending of Visitors
(Day) ('000) (MOP)
Day
Day
Visitors on Package Tours Average Occupancy Rate Tourist Price Index
('000) (%)
Q3 Q1-Q3
1 532
Visitor Arrivals Total Spending of Visitors
Guests of Hotels & Guesthouses Per-capita Spending of Visitors
129.9 1 868
16.5%6 784
Q3 Q1-Q3
10 544
1.7%24.9%
132.0
3 634
Q3TOURISM STATISTICS
3
RDQUARTER 2019
Visitor arrivals totalled 9,918,273 in the third quarter, up by 10.2% year-on-year. The average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day to 1.2 days. Visitors on package tours decreased by 16.5% to 1,868,107. In the first three quarters of 2019, visitor arrivals and package tour visitors grew by 17.0% and 4.2% respectively year-on-year; the average length of stay of visitors went down by 0.1 day.
Total spending (excluding gaming expenses) of visitors amounted to MOP15.20 billion in the third quarter, representing a decrease of 17.2%
year-on-year; per-capita spending of visitors reduced by 24.9% to MOP1,532. The Tourist Price Index (TPI) dropped by 0.6% year-on-year. In the first three quarters of 2019, total spending of visitors fell by 6.7% and TPI went down by 0.4%.
15 198
At the end of the third quarter of 2019, the 121 hotels & guesthouses operating in Macao provided a total of 38,523 guest rooms, down by 0.6%
year-on-year. Number of guests increased by 1.9% to 3,634,019, while the average occupancy rate fell by 1.0 percentage point to 90.3%. In the first three quarters of 2019, guests of hotels & guesthouses rose by 1.7% year-on-year, and the average occupancy rate went up by 0.4 percentage points.
9 918
10.2% Q338 523
0.6%Q3 Q3 17.2%
(YoY) (YoY) (YoY)
(YoY)
(YoY)
(YoY)
(YoY)
(YoY)
(YoY)
90.3
Q34.2% 0.4 p.p. Q1-Q3
0.6%
0.4%
Q1-Q3
Q1-Q3
Q1-Q3
47 834
1.2
0.1Q3
90.8 30 203
1.9%
Q1-Q3
Q3
6.7%
17.0%
1.2
0.11.0 p.p.
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1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
3 000 3 500 4 000 4 500 5 000 5 500 6 000
Q3
2018 Q4 Q1
2019 Q2 Q3
Overnight Visitors Same-day Visitors Average Length of Stay
'000 Day
15 16 17 18 19 20
Q3
2018 Q4 Q1
2019 Q2 Q3
0 2 500 5 000 7 500 10 000 12 500
Billion MOP '000
Total Spending of Visitors Visitor Arrivals
75.0 80.0 85.0 90.0 95.0 100.0
2 000 2 400 2 800 3 200 3 600 4 000
Q3
2018 Q4 Q1
2019 Q2 Q3
'000 %
Average Occupancy Rate Guests
2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2019 Q1 2019 Q2
2019 Q3 1 532
0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500
MOP
Visitor Arrivals
%
%
%
%
%
Overnight Visitors Same-day Visitors
% %
%of total %of total
% %
%of total %of total
YoY Distribution of Visitors by Country/Place for 3rd Quarter
YoY
5 130 369
51.7
Number of Visitors
4.9 819 367
YoY
42.0 16.2
1 288 393 ..
972 812
4 787 904
Q1 - Q3
48.3 47.3
17.0
30.6 52.7
14 273 731
Q3
5 371 773
Visitor Arrivals at Different Checkpoints
1.2 23.5
Q1-Q3 Q3
Q1-Q3
15 929 175
802 375
3.6
3rd Quarter
49.7 663 553
Mainland Visitors Travelling Under Individual Visit Scheme (IVS)
0 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 6 000
Others Airport Hong Kong-Zhuhai- Macao Bridge Border Gate Taipa Ferry Terminal Outer Harbour
'000
Mainland China 72.0%
Hong Kong 18.8%
Taiwan 2.8%
Republic of Korea 1.6%
Other Asian Countries/Places
3.2%
Others 1.6%
IVS Visitors 3 269 733 (45.8% of total) Mainland Visitors
7 140 837 2 866
2 085
15 827
4 297
2 874 2 254
1 470 1 247
6 030
2 091 2 093
1 342
1 395 838
9 797
2 206
781 912
0 2 000 4 000 6 000 8 000 10 000 12 000 14 000 16 000 18 000
Outer Harbour Taipa Ferry
Terminal Border Gate Hong Kong-Zhuhai-
Macao Bridge Airport Others
Total Overnight Visitors Same-day Visitors '000
%
%
Hotels & Guesthouses
5-star Hotels 4-star Hotels 3-star Hotels
2-star Hotels Guesthouses
rd
873
rooms858 661
guests guests
2 075 289
Q1-Q3 guests
Q3
establishments
2 619 155
establishments
establishments
5 913 435
guestsQ3 Q3
7 159
rooms4 991
rooms24 547
establishments
guests
55 179
Distribution of Guests by Country/Place for 3rd Quarter
guests
86 145
162 213
Q3 rooms
17
25.3
Q3
36 16
24.6
Q1-Q3 Visitors from the Cities of the Greater Bay Area for 3rd Quarter
Total YoY
guests
558 745 1 582 104
guests Q3
Q1-Q3
267 335
Average Occupancy Rate for 3rd Quarter
Q1-Q3 Q1-Q3
establishments
953
14 38
rooms
4 855 941 13 859 804
Q1-Q3
guests
guests
Mainland China 69.7%
Hong Kong 12.6%
Taiwan 3.4%
Republic of Korea
3.9%
Japan 1.3%
Other Asian Countries/Places
6.8%
Others 2.3%
92.1
89.6 90.7
72.6
59.3
50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
5-star Hotels 4-star Hotels 3-star Hotels 2-star Hotels Guesthouses
%
Huizhou 55 421 (1.1% of total) Guangzhou
596 461 (12.3% of total) Zhaoqing
78 236 (1.6% of total)
Foshan 363 586 (7.5% of total)
Zhongshan 331 371 (6.8% of total)
Jiangmen 275 987 (5.7% of total)
Dongguan 144 595 (3.0% of total)
Shenzhen 296 310 (6.1% of total) Hong Kong
1 865 207 (38.4% of total) Zhuhai
848 767 (17.5% of total)
Visitor Spending
Overnight Visitors Same-day Visitors
Total Spending Total Spending
Million MOP % Million MOP %
Million MOP % Million MOP %
Per-capita Spending Per-capita Spending
MOP % MOP %
Republic of Korea MOP %
Singapore MOP %
Japan MOP %
Mainland China MOP %
Australia MOP %
MOP %
MOP %
MOP %
MOP %
MOP %
2
4
10.2
6.4 71
44 73
Clothing
Handbags & Shoes
1 691 1 608
Jewellery & Watches
17.5
17.4
6.6
26.7 19.1 20.0
Q3
2 545
Q3Q1-Q3
12 186
9.4
Structure of Visitor Spending for 3rd Quarter Top Five Countries/Places with Highest Per-capita Spending
for 3rd Quarter
8.1
Per-Capita Spending YoY 1
Country/Place
3
1 805
2 037 1 842
5
Q3 Q1-Q3
Guests of Hotels/Guesthouses and Occupancy Rate from Q1 to Q3
Q3
37 387 10 447
YoY YoY
4.6
587 21.6
Structure and Per-Capita Spending of Visitors by Main Purpose of Visit for 3rd Quarter
31.6
31.5 219
218
Local Food Products Cosmetics & Perfume
(Share in shopping spending)
10.5 3 012 3.2
Vacation, 51.7%
2 231 MOP Visiting Relatives
or Friends, 3.6%
1 335 MOP Attending MICE
Events, 0.5%
4 319 MOP Business &
Professional, 4.5%
865 MOP
Shopping, 6.0%
2 044 MOP Gaming, 3.2%
824 MOP
Transit, 19.5%
303 MOP
Others, 11.0%
574 MOP
Shopping 45.2%
Accommodation 26.9%
Food &
Beverage 20.5%
Transport 5.6%
Others 1.8%
50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
0 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 6 000
5-star Hotels 5 913 435 guests
92.3%
4-star Hotels 2 619 155 guests
90.2%
3-star Hotels 1 582 104 guests
92.0%
2-star Hotels 267 335 guests
73.7%
Guesthouses 162 213 guests
62.6%
Occupancy Rate (%)
Guests ('000)
Tourist Price Index
Item (Weight)
% % % % % % % %
% % % % % % % %
Proportions of Visitors who were Satisfied with the Services/Facilities
Historical Data
Visitors
Visitor Arrivals ('000)
Average Length of Stay (Day)
Visitors on Package Tours ('000)
Hotels/Guesthouses Guests ('000)
Average Occupancy Rate (%)
Visitor Spending
Total Spending (Million MOP)
Per-capita Spending (MOP)
Tourist Price Index YoY(%)
rd
Miscellaneous Goods Transport and
Communications
Entertainment and Cultural Activities
(14.4%) (23.1%)
(15.8%)
Restaurant Services
Q3 QoQ
2.2
Accommodation
4.9 -2.7 -3.5 2.2
4.6 5.5
10.3 13.6
(17.5%)
2014 2015 2016
2 801
1.0 1.1
3 155
2 752
15 486 1 878 87.1 Food, Alcoholic Beverages
and Tobacco
Clothing and Footwear
51 268 23 835
22 869
80.8
10 373 90.4 1.0
8 097 8 104 8 271 8 999
91.3 86.3
37 873 12 467 14 636 15 931
83.3 87.0
1.2 1.3 1.3
3 145
2.8 1.6
2018 2014
1.0 1 993
Q1 - Q3
6 507 2 249
22 854
-0.9
81.9 85.8
0.9 6.1 -0.1 -5.8
2 039 .. ..
38 077 43 138
1 926 YoY
(12.8%) (6.3%)
0.1
0.3
2 515 2 238 8 032 7 505
.. ..
25 813 1.3
1.2 1.2
5 416 6 005 (2.1%)
2017
Medicine and Personal Goods
2.4
0.3 0.1 1.7
(8.1%)
2018 3.0
2015 2016 2017
0.1
23 529
18 352 47 695 0.8
88.1
3 354 3 567 8 066 7 664 8 624 9 724
8 245
3.3
1 540 1 806 ..
-0.4 -0.5 -0.6
-1.0
-0.2 -0.2
-1.0 0
Proportion of Visitors who Expressed Satisfaction QoQ 0.1
1.1
0.5 0
1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
Environmental
Hygiene Public
Facilities Travel
Agencies Hotels Gaming
Establishments Restaurants Retail Shops Public
Transport Tourist Attractions (Adequate)
75.5%
86.2%
83.8%
82.8% 88.8% 80.6%
81.5%
84.6%
60.7%
Change p.p.
Sampling Errors of Visitor Spending for 3rd Quarter
Visitors Overnight Visitors Same-day Visitors
Methodology
Data are obtained primarily from the Public Security Police Force, travel agencies, hotels, guesthouses and Visitor Expenditure Survey.
Glossary
Classification of Visitors:
Main Purpose of Visit1: The most important reason or motivation for the trip, in the absence of which the trip would not have taken place.
Note1: The definitions are in accordance with the International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 of UNWTO.
Symbols and abbreviations:
- Absolute value equals zero MOP Macao Pataca
.. Not applicable p.p. Percentage point
% Percentage YoY Year-on-year Change
'000 Thousand QoQ Quarter-on-quarter Change
Spending of Visitors1: 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.
Visitor Expenditure Survey, which covers all visitors in Macao, adopts quota sampling method in selecting the sample. Enumerators collect data on spending as well as comments on services and facilities from visitors during their stay in Macao at major departure points. Survey results for visitor expenditure were extrapolated from data of about 22,000 valid questionnaires collected in the third quarter of 2019, whereas results for visitor comments were derived by aggregating the data collected from the sample.
Same-day Visitor: Visitor who does not spend the night in any residential accommodation, hotel/guesthouse, or casino in the place visited.
Overnight Visitor: Visitor who stays at least one night in a residential accommodation or casino in the place visited.
Data on visitor arrivals are provided by the Public Security Police Force on a monthly basis, while information on visitors on package tours is obtained from travel agencies every month. Besides, monthly information on guests is collected from hotels and guesthouses.
Visitor1: 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.
0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 - - 0.1 0.1
1.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
1.6
Shopping Per-capita
Spending Accommodation Food &
Beverage 2018
1.4 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3
2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 MOP