Macau welcomed 3,651,731 visitor arrivals in August, up 13.3% year-on-year and surpassing the pre-pandemic level for the first time since reopening. According to information from the Statistics and Census Service, the August tally was 0.8% higher than the same month in 2019, and up 20.9% compared to July 2024.
The main source of August arrivals was mainland China, which increased by 18.5% year-on-year to 2,752,322, and by 4% over the same period in 2019. Hong Kong visitor arrivals of 663,449 decreased by 6.8%, while arrivals from Taiwan reached 73,629, up 26.7% year-on-year. Visitor arrivals from Hong Kong and Taiwan recovered to 99.6% and 77.3% of the same period in 2019 respectively.
