Macau recorded a total of 2,213,807 visitor arrivals in May, an increase of 268.5% compared to the same month last year although 2.6% lower compared with April.
According to data from the Statistics and Census Service, May’s visitor numbers included 1,474,304 from Mainland China – an increase of 170% year-on-year – of which 840,797 arrived under the Individual Visitor Scheme. There were also 601,991 arrivals from Hong Kong and 31,537 from Taiwan, up by 960% and 470% respectively.
The number of visitors from the nine Pearl River Delta cities in the Greater Bay Area increased by 77.2% to 715,941, of which 193,944 were from Zhuhai and 150,260 from Guangzhou. These accounted for 27.1% and 21.0% of the total number of mainland visitors.
