Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told reporters yesterday that as of Sunday, Macau had recorded a daily average of over 100,000 visitor arrivals during this year’s summer holiday (July and August), higher than her office initial expectation.
The tourism chief also said that she was confident that Macau’s number of visitor arrivals could reach 33 million this year, or nearly 84 percent of the 39.4 million recorded in pre-pandemic 2019, meeting MGTO’s target announced early this year.
Senna Fernandes made the remarks on the sidelines of yesterday’s press conference about the government’s Experience Macao Limited Edition International Promotional Campaign.
Macau records highest summer-holiday single-day number of visitors
Meanwhile, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement on Sunday that Macau has recorded its so far highest single-day number of visitor arrivals for the summer holiday (July and August), at 166,562 on Saturday last week, 7.5 percent higher than the 154,957 recorded on July 27, 2019.
In annual terms, Macau recorded its highest single-day number of visitor arrivals, 226,326, on February 7, 2019, i.e., the third day of Chinese New Year (CNY) of pre-pandemic 2019.
Sunday’s statement also said that according to its provisional data, Macau recorded 5.90 million visitor arrivals between July 1 and Saturday last week, or a daily average of 107,313, returning to 91.9 percent of the level recorded in the same period of pre-pandemic 2019, while 302,229 foreign visitors were recorded during the period, reaching 74.9 percent of the level recorded in the same period of 2019.
Tourists walk in the city’s main square, Largo do Senado, on Sunday. – Photo: Rui Pastorin
