During the period from April to June, visitors to Macau spent a total of MOP13.75 billion (US$1.71 billion) excluding gaming expenses, an increase of 17.5 per cent year-on-year and 2.2 per cent when compared to the first three months of this year, official data from Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) reveal.
A year-on-year increase of 22.5 per cent was registered in the total spending of overnight visitors, amounting to MOP11.38 billion, while overall spending by same-day tourists dropped by 1.5 per cent to MOP2.37 billion.
Per-capita spending in the second quarter was MOP1,787 per person, an increase of 11.7 per cent year-on-year and 4.6 per cent quarter-to-quarter.
In particular, the per-capita spending of tourists from mainland China grew 16.8 per cent year-on-year to MOP2,162. Of these, tourists from Guangdong province had per-capita spending of MOP1,804, up 12.4 per cent, whereas spending by Fujian tourists dropped 17.6 per cent year-on-year to MOP1,287 per person.
Chinese tourists travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) had per-capita spending of MOP2,361, up 5.2 per cent year-on-year.
Regarding tourists from other regions, per-capita spending of visitors from Malaysia increased by 8.2 per cent, but visitors from Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan saw their per-capita spending decline by 3.9 per cent, 8.2 per cent and 6.9 per cent, respectively.
Decreases in per-capita spending were also recorded in tourists from Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, down 21.7 per cent, 0.6 per cent and 4.4 per cent respectively.
DSEC data also shows that per-capita spending of overnight visitors increased by 7.4 per cent year-on-year to MOP2,733, with tourists from the Mainland spending MOP3,241 per-capita, up 10.7 per cent. However, per-capita spending by overnight visitors from Taiwan decreased by 10.2 per cent.
For same-day tourists, per-capita spending reached MOP671, up 2 per cent when compared to the same period last year. In particular, Chinese tourists had the highest spending at MOP845, while that of IVS visitors stood at MOP1,315.
According to DSEC data, per-capita spending of visitors coming to the city for MICE [Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions] events grew significantly by 38.7 per cent year-on-year to MOP3,304.
Shopping still king
Visitors to Macau continue to spend most on shopping, accounting for 43 per cent, followed by accommodation (25.6 per cent) and food and beverage (23.1 per cent).
Per-capita spending on shopping reached MOP768, up 10.7 per cent year-on-year, of which spending on local food products and cosmetics and perfume increased by 17.8 per cent and 18.6 per cent to MOP229 and MOP191, respectively.
