Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total spending (excluding gaming expenses) of visitors increased by 17.4% year-on-year to MOP 14.64 billion in the third quarter of 2016, putting an end to the 7 consecutive quarters of year-on-year decline, and expanded by 25.1% quarter-to-quarter. Total spending of overnight visitors (MOP 11.92 billion) and same-day visitors (MOP 2.72 billion) went up by 21.5% and 2.1% respectively year-on-year. In the third quarter of 2016, per-capita spending of visitors increased by 17.3% year-on-year to MOP 1,806, the first year-on-year growth since the second quarter of 2014, and went up by 12.8% quarter-to-quarter. Per-capita spending of visitors from Mainland China increased by 18.2% year-on-year to MOP 2,100, with spending of those from Guangdong Province (MOP 1,672) and Fujian Province (MOP 1,411) rising by 16.2% and 27.6% respectively. Per-capita spending of Mainland visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) went up by 12.4% year-on-year to MOP 2,312, with spending of Guangdong visitors (MOP 1,854) and Fujian visitors (MOP 2,289) increasing by 12.2% and 3.7% respectively. Meanwhile, per-capita spending of visitors from Singapore (MOP 1,912), Hong Kong (MOP 1,092) and Taiwan (MOP 1,638) increased by 17.1%, 19.7% and 16.9% respectively year-on-year. Among the long-haul visitors, per-capita spending of visitors from the United States (MOP1,177) dropped by 13.0% year-on-year, while spending of those from Australia (MOP 1,421) and the United Kingdom (MOP 1,183) rose by 8.3% and 7.2% respectively. Per-capita spending of overnight visitors increased by 11.5% year-on-year to MOP 2,809. Per-capita spending of overnight visitors from Mainland China (MOP 3,270) rose by 10.9%; spending of those from Singapore (MOP 2,870), Hong Kong (MOP 1,686) and Taiwan (MOP 2,997) grew by 10.2%, 13.4% and 8.8% respectively; meanwhile, per-capita spending of those from Thailand (MOP 2,322) showed a significant increase of 33.6%. Moreover, per-capita spending of same-day visitors went up by 11.2% year-on-year to MOP 703, with spending of those from Mainland China (MOP 842) and Hong Kong (MOP 432) rising by 11.0% and 27.8% respectively. Visitors spent mainly on shopping (43.4%), accommodation (27.3%) and food & beverage (21.3%). Per-capita shopping spending increased by 16.8% year-on-year to MOP 783, of which spending on local food products (MOP 226) and cosmetics & perfume (MOP 134) rose by 2.3% and 16.5% respectively. Per-capita shopping spending of Mainland visitors accounted for 51.1% of their overall spending, at MOP 1,072, up by 18.2% year-on-year, with that of IVS visitors (MOP 1,395) rising by 9.4%. Analysed by main purpose of visit, visitors coming to Macao for MICE events had the highest per-capita spending, at MOP 3,089, up by 23.7% year-on-year, followed by those coming for shopping (MOP 2,504) and vacation (MOP 2,421), up by 14.7% and 9.1% respectively. According to the results of the Visitors’ Comments Survey for the third quarter of 2016, 90.5% of the visitor-users were satisfied with the services and facilities of hotels, up marginally by 0.4 percentage points quarter-to-quarter; the proportions of visitors who expressed satisfaction with services of retail shops (85.0%) and gaming establishments (83.5%) rose by 2.5 and 1.7 percentage points respectively. On the other hand, 67.4% of the visitors complimented about services of public transport, down by 3.3 percentage points quarter-to-quarter, while 12.7% considered that these services should be improved, up by 3.4 percentage points. Meanwhile, 45.0% of the visitors commented that points of tourist attractions were adequate, an increase of 5.5 percentage points quarter-to-quarter.
