Macau received over 450,000 arrivals during the Labor Day “golden week” holiday, a growth of 10% over the same period in 2005. Of the 450,000 visitors, over 60% were from Mainland China and recorded an increase of 9%. The Public Security Police Force figures show that from May 1 to May 7, visitor arrivals grew 10% over the same period last year to 457,165. Close to 289,000, or 63% of the arrivals are from Mainland China, a growth of 9%. Room supply of 3 to 5-star hotels has increased by 866 rooms to 10,534, a growth of 8.96% over the same period of 2005. The daily average number of room nights occupied during the “golden week” was 8,178, an increase of 633 rooms or 8.39% above that of last year. As the total number of hotel rooms has increased, coupled with a surge of 27% in average hotel room rate, the average occupancy rate dropped slightly. According to figures provided by the hotels in Macau, the average occupancy rate of 3 to 5-star hotels during the “golden week” was 77.63%, a modest drop of 0.41 percentage points. The average hotel room rate was MOP$793.08, a jump of 27.19% over the same period of last year. Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) and Guangdong Provincial Tourism Administration have jointly operated the “Labor Day Holiday Tourism Notifying System” from April 30 to May 7 to cope with the increase in visitor arrivals. MGTO also established a similar connection with Fujian Provincial Tourism Bureau to facilitate operation to welcome visitors. During the Labor Day holiday, staff of MGTO has suspended leave to reinforce supervision at various tourist attractions and entry checkpoints, while MGTO’s information counters and tourist hotline operated as usual. Close collaboration among various departments and the support of tourism and related entities helped to enhance the hospitality of the city to welcome visitors.
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