Total spending of visitors to Macau (excluding gaming expenses) increased by 5.8 percent year-on-year to 75.36 billion patacas last year, attributable to a rise of 23.8 percent in the number of visitor arrivals. Total spending of overnight visitors (62.31 billion patacas) and same-day visitors (13.05 billion patacas) went up by 3.5 percent and 17.9 percent year-on-year respectively.
Per-capita spending of visitors was 2,157 patacas in 2024, down by 14.6 percent year-on-year. Per-capita spending of overnight visitors (3,884 patacas) and same-day visitors (691 patacas) fell by 8.2 percent and 12.7 percent year-on-year respectively. As regards their type of expenditure, visitors spent mainly on shopping (45.4 percent of total), followed by accommodation (25.5 percent) and food & beverages (20.9 percent). Analysed by main purpose of visit, per-capita spending of visitors coming to Macao for attending performances/competitions (5,076 patacas) and MICE events (4,323 patacas) were relatively high in 2024.
Analysed by principal source of visitors, per-capita spending of visitors from mainland China (2,503 patacas), the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1,009 patacas) and China's Taiwan region (1,952 patacas) dropped by 18.1 percent, 13 percent and 8.8 percent year-on-year respectively in 2024.
As regards the Northeast Asian markets, per-capita spending of visitors from the South Korea (2,405 patacas) and Japan (2,093 patacas) showed respective decreases of 33.8 percent and 1.4 percent year-on-year.
For the Southeast Asian markets, spending of visitors from Thailand (2,598 patacas) and Malaysia (1,992 patacas) dropped by 22.7 percent and 15 percent year-on-year respectively, whereas spending of those from Singapore (2,834 patacas) grew by 6.6 percent.
The DSEC conducts its Visitor Expenditure Survey at major departure points to collect data from visitors on their expense items and amount of spending during their stay in Macau. Extrapolated data on visitors’ spending are published on a quarterly basis.
Macau's gross gaming revenue (GGR) generated by its 30 casinos run by six rival concessionaires rose by 23.9 percent to 226.78 billion patacas last year, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has announced recently.
Caption: Visitors shop in Macau's city centre near its main square, Largo do Senado, last night. - Photo: Carl Leong
