Macau's 115 hotels and guesthouses recorded 760,000 guests in May, a year-on-year growth of 552.3 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.
According to a DSEC statement yesterday, mainlanders accounted for 86.7 percent of all guests. The number of local staycationers rose 112.3 percent to 68,000 in May.
On average, guests stayed 1.6 nights.
The average guestroom occupancy rate increased 50.2 percentage points to 62.0 percent, with 3-star and 4-star hotels outperforming the sector's average, at 70.7 percent and 67.5 percent respectively.
The number of available guestrooms rose 10.1 percent to 37,000.
The bureau's data on hotels and guesthouses designated by the government as quarantine facilities were excluded from the compilation of the sector's statistics for May and the first five months of the year.
In the first five months, the number of guests rose
71.5 percent year-on-year to 2.9 million.
Macau's tourism sector is recovering from the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local economy. Macau confirmed its first novel coronavirus case on January 22 last year. Its COVID-19 tally stands at 54 with zero fatalities. All the cases were imported or "connected to imported cases," according to the Macau Health Bureau (SSM).
The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is promoting the city as a "safe and healthy" destination during the COVID-19 pandemic. Columnists have described Macau as an "oasis in the COVID-19 desert".
