Macau visitors for February up 32.6% year-on-year

Visitor arrivals reached 4.17 million, according to the Statistics and Census Service.

Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has reported that the number of visitor arrivals to Macau increased by 32.6 per cent year-on-year to 4,172,940 in February 2026, driven by the Lunar New Year holidays. Same-day visitors (2,676,431) and overnight visitors (1,496,509) rose by 41.8 per cent and 18.8 per cent year-on-year, respectively. The average length of stay for visitors fell 0.2 day year-on-year to 0.9 day, with that for overnight visitors decreasing by 0.1 day to 2.1 days.

Visitors from the Chinese mainland increased by 43.6 per cent year-on-year to 3,291,164, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (2,032,456) up by 52.7 per cent. Visitors from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (591,300) and Taiwan region (89,628) rose by 2 per cent and 31.9 per cent year-on-year, respectively.

International visitors totalled 200,848, down by 3.3 per cent. Visitors from the Philippines (45,195) grew by 16.3 per cent, while those from Indonesia (11,587) and Thailand (9,973) dropped by 22.3 per cent and 11.4 per cent, respectively. Visitors from India (5,831) rose by 42.5 per cent, those from the Republic of Korea (55,994) fell by 5.6 per cent, and visitors from the USA (11,142) rose by 5.5 per cent.

In the first two months of 2026, the number of visitor arrivals rose by 15.1 per cent year-on-year to 7,820,268. Same-day visitors (4,931,130) and overnight visitors (2,889,138) grew by 22 per cent and 5 per cent, respectively. The number of international visitors totalled 479,301, up by 6.8 per cent year-on-year.

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) reported that Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was MOP20.63bn (US$2.57bn) in February. That’s an increase of 4.5 per cent in year-on-year terms, but 8.9 per cent down from January (MOP22.63bn). Cumulatively, Macau’s GGR for the two months of 2026 was MOP43.26bn (US$5.38bn), up 13.9 per cent year-on-year but still 14 per cent below pre-pandemic levels (US$6.26bn).

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Visitor arrivals reached 4.17 million, according to the Statistics and Census Service. Macau.- The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has reported that the number of visitor arrivals to Macau increased by 32.6 per cent year-on-year to 4,172,940 in February 2026, driven by the Lunar New Year holidays. Same-day visitors (2,676,431) and overnight visitors (1,496,509) rose…