The average occupancy rate of guest rooms of hotel establishments has decreased by 4.2 percentage points year-on-year to 40.7 per cent in the first three months of 2022, data published today (Thursday) by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) indicates.
During the same period, the number of guests also went down by 5.6 per cent year-on-year to 1,372,000, whereas their average length of stay extended by 0.2 night to 1.9 nights.
At the same time, the number of visitors joining local tours surged by 92.6 per cent year-on-year to 11,000, while the number of Macau residents purchasing outbound services through travel agencies dropped by 55.8 per cent to also 11,000.
As of March, there were a total of 120 hotel establishments- one more than last year – with the number of available guest rooms upped by 8.7 per cent to 39,000.
Average daily travel entries and exits in Macau in April have managed to recover to 37,100 as of last week, but remained ‘largely subdued’ due to China COVID outbreaks and restrictive travel and border control.
Visitation during the May 1 Labour Day Golden long weekend holiday is also expected to be worse than estimated due to continued outbreaks in the mainland.
Just today the capital of the nearby Guangdong province, Guangzhou cancelled hundreds of flights and began testing 5.6 million people over one suspected Covid case.
