According to records provided by the Public Security Police Force, Macao registered over 375,000 visitor arrivals (excluding non-resident employees and students) during the 1stMay Labor Day holidays (29th April – 1st May), a rise of 6.7% over the corresponding three-day holidays of last year. Over 338,000 visitors came from the Greater China markets, up by 5.5% in total. Visitor arrivals from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan increased by 5%, 7.5% and 5.1% respectively, whereas other markets registered a double-digit growth of 18.9%.
Industry figures reveal that hotel establishments (hotels and guest houses) in Macao registered an average occupancy rate of 94.5% during the 1stMay Labor Day holidays, a year-on-year increase of 2.6 percentage points. The average room rate of hotel establishments (hotels and guest houses) in Macao during the three-day holidays reached 1,700 patacas approximately, slightly up by 1.2%.