Macau’s number of hotel guests (including those who stayed at guesthouses) leapt by 147.2 percent year-on-year to 382,000 last month, with mainland guests (303,000) and local guests (55,000) soaring by 192.1 percent and 175.0 percent respectively, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.
However, guests’ average length of stay decreased by 0.1 night year-on-year to 1.7 nights.
A total of 120 hotels and guesthouses were open for business last month, three more than a year ago, but the number of available guest rooms dropped by 4.4 percent to 36,000.
Data on hotels & guesthouses designated for COVID-19 quarantine were excluded in the compilation of the statistics, the statement pointed out.
The average occupancy rate of guest rooms stood at 38.5 percent, representing a year-on-year growth of 23.7 percentage points, yet a month-to-month decrease of 1.8 percentage points.
In the first two months, the average occupancy rate of guest rooms fell by 10.9 percentage points year-on-year to 39.4 percent.
The number of guests at hotels and guesthouses shrank by 32.5 percent year-on-year to 833,000, whereas their average length of stay increased by 0.1 night to 1.7 nights.
Macau’s first COVID-19 case was confirmed on January 22 last year.
Meanwhile, the statement pointed out that there were no inbound package tour visitors in February, while the number of visitors joining local tours was just 800. Outbound residents using services of travel agencies totalled 3,800, and 3,700 (97.4 percent) of them visited the mainland. In the first two months, visitors joining local tours declined by 79.8 percent year-on-year to 1,900, while outbound residents using the services of travel agencies tumbled by 89.3 percent to 9,100.
