Average occupancy rate of guest rooms in Macau increase 52.3%

Up to 556,000 mainland guests checked into hotels & guesthouses, a 904.3% rise   

According to Macau Daily Times, the average occupancy rate of guest rooms was 52.3 percent in the first seven months of 2021, a 27.3 percent point increase year-on-year.  

The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) compiled data that revealed the average occupancy rate of guest rooms increased by 51.6 percentage points year-on-year to 63.7 percent in July.  

With that, 5-star hotels soared by 55.8 percentage points.  

Moreover, the number of guests checked into hotels & guesthouses jumped by 358.6 percent year-on-year to 697,000 in July.  

Out of that figure, 556,000 were mainland guests, a 904.3 percent increase from the low base last year, while local guests rose by 31.1 percent to 107,000.  

A total of 4,075,000 guests of hotels & guesthouses were recorded.  

Inbound package tour visitors weren’t present in July, while the number of visitors joining local tours added up to 5,000.  

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Outbound residents using travel agency services totalled 21,000, and 99 percent of them visited mainland China.  

Additionally, the number of visitors joining local tours jumped by 246.1 percent year-on-year to 32,000 in the first seven months of 2021.