Macau recorded 866,063 visitor arrivals last month, a year-on-year growth of 5,268 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today.
Month-on-month, visitor arrivals rose 9.0 percent.
In May, Macau recorded 473,808 overnight and 392,255 same-day visitors. On average, overnight visitors stayed for 2.9 days.
Mainlanders accounted for 91.8 percent of all visitor arrivals in May, which also recorded 64,265 visitors from Hong Kong and 6,363 visitors from Taiwan.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign nationals without a residence or work permit here have been barred from entering Macau since March last year. Special entry rules have been in place for mainland , Hong Kong and Taiwan compatriots visiting Macau since early last year.
In the first five months of the year, the number of visitor arrivals increased 4.7 percent to 3.399 million.
