Macau’s visitor arrivals rose by 255.4 percent year-on-year to 754,541 last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.
According to a DSEC statement, the number of visitor arrivals in March grew by 76.7 percent month-on-month.
Overnight visitors (404,936) and same-day visitors (349,605) soared by 221.6 percent and 304.6 percent year-on-year respectively.
Visitors’ average length of stay shortened by 1.4 days year-on-year to 1.6 days, with that of overnight visitors (2.9 days) and same-day visitors (0.1 day) falling by 1.8 days and 0.1 day respectively.
Mainland visitors increased by 674.4 percent year-on-year to 688,353, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (268,302) growing by 3,838 percent. Visitors from the Greater Bay Area’s (GBA) 9 Pearl River Delta cities totalled 388,094, of whom 48.5 percent were Zhuhai residents. Last month recorded 58,953 visitors from Hong Kong and 7,183 from Taiwan.
Foreign nationals without a residence permit in Macau have been barred from entry since March last year.
Macau confirmed its first novel coronavirus case on January 22 last year.
Visitor arrivals by land in March jumped by 238 percent year-on-year to 687,127, about 83 percent of whom arrived via the Barrier Gate checkpoint.
Visitor arrivals by air and by sea totalled 46,985 and 20,429 respectively.
Ferry services between Macau and Hong Kong have been suspended since February last year.
In the first quarter, visitor arrivals declined by 46.0 percent year-on-year to 1.7 million.
