Macau recorded a total of 481,765 visitor arrivals during the six-day holiday period that started with the Ching Ming Festival last Wednesday and ended on Easter Monday, or a daily average of 80,294, according to immigration statistics released by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday.
According to PSP data released previously, the daily number of visitor arrivals on the six days stood at 74,727, 66,464, 83,918, 93,253 (Easter Eve), 85,875, and 77,528 respectively.
In December 2019, Macau’s last full pre-COVID-19 pandemic month, the daily average number of visitor arrivals stood at 99,465, according to data from the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC). Macau confirmed its first novel coronavirus case on January 22, 2020.
Macau recorded 39.4 million visitor arrivals in the whole of 2019, representing an average of 107,962 visitor arrivals daily.
The 93,253 visitor arrivals recorded on Easter Eve reached 93.8 percent of the daily average level of December 2019, while representing 86.4 percent of the daily average level of the whole of 2019.
As of yesterday, Macau’s highest daily post-pandemic number of visitor arrivals stood at 96,011, recorded on March 18 this year.
Locals and tourists alike throng Largo do Senado, the city’s main square, on Easter Monday. – Photo: MPDG
