The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced in a statement yesterday that Macau recorded 137,000 visitors over the five-day Labour Day Holiday, with visitor arrivals peaking at 41,584 on Sunday (May Day) the second day of the five-day Golden Week holiday, the highest single-day number of visitors this year.
According to the statement, 124,000 visitors were from the mainland, while the average daily visitor arrivals reached 27,000, a increase of 33.5 percent compared with the figure for April.
The statement noted that the industry figures showed an average guestroom occupancy rate of 59.5 percent among local hotels during the holiday, up by 28.8 percentage points compared with the rate in April. As of April 30, the number of hotel and budget accommodation guestrooms stood at 44,668, according to the statement.
The statement added that the highest average room occupancy rates was for three-star hotels at 68.2 percent with a +32 percent difference compared to last month, while the lowest was for budget accommodation at 40.4 percent, with a difference of - 2.8 percent.
Meanwhile, the average hotel room rate for hotels was 885.20 patacas over the Labour Day Golden Week holiday, which the statement pointed out was an increase of 17.9 percent compared with the rate in April. The highest room rate was for apartment hotels at 3,676.20 patacas, up by 31.7 percent. The lowest was for budget accommodation at 154.9, up by 15.9 percent, the statement said.
The statement said that MGTO has also worked on plans for various tourism products and promotional initiatives through multiple channels in the mainland set for the latter half of the year.
Moreover, the statement noted that 36 inspections that focused on targeting major border checkpoints, tourist attractions, hotels and other licensed tourism-related businesses were conducted by MGTO between April 30 and May 4, for which no irregularities were found. The statement added that during the holiday period, three complaints from visitors were received, which were about “charges of taxi services, rusty direction signs at tourist attractions and food hygiene”.
This undated handout photo provided by MGTO yesterday shows holidaymakers visiting Taipa.
