Macau recorded 540,549 visitor arrivals during the first three days of the Chinese mainland’s seven-day National Day Golden Week holiday period this year, representing a daily average of 180,183, an increase of 27.4 percent from last year’s corresponding period, according to data released by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) yesterday.
The ongoing National Day holiday period began on Thursday last week. Wednesday will be the last day of the holiday in the mainland.
According to the latest MGTO data released yesterday, Macau recorded 169,635 visitor arrivals on the first day of this year’s National Day holiday period, 179,253 on the second day, and 191,661 on the third day.
During the three days, Macau recorded 467,348 visitor arrivals from the Chinese mainland, or a daily average of 155,783, up 34.1 percent from last year’s corresponding period, while 51,423 visitor arrivals from Hong Kong were recorded, or a daily average of 17,141, up 7.3 year-on-year.
Meanwhile, the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) recorded a daily average of 35,600 passengers last month, the highest since the system’s operational start in December 2019.
Tourists throng Rua de S. Paulo, a narrow pedestrian-only street leading to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ruins of St. Paul’s landmark, yesterday, the fourth day of the ongoing seven-day National Day holiday the mainland. – Photo: Tony Wong
