Macau welcomed almost 300,000 visitors in the first three days of the Lunar New Year, a remarkable growth of close to 20% over the same period of 2006. Average hotel occupancy rate reached 92.88% and average hotel room rate surged 15%.

According to information from the Public Security Police, from February 18 (1st day of Lunar Year) to February 20 (3rd day of Lunar Year), visitor arrivals grew 19.6% over the same period of last year to 293,838. Over 140,000 were from Mainland China, among which 72% came to Macau on “individual visit” basis. Arrivals from Hong Kong have also increased from 109,000 last year to almost 120,000.

From February 18, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) and the Provincial Tourism Administrations of Guangdong and Fujian have jointly operated the “Chinese New Year Tourism Notifying System”, through which MGTO delivered information of arrival figures and hotel room rates to its counterparts of the two provinces. Information on two-star hotels and guesthouses was also included this year.

Average occupancy rate of 3 to 5-star hotels was 92.88%, an increase of 0.23 percentage points, with 3-star hotels scoring the highest average occupancy rate of over 94%. The average hotel room rate was MOP$1100.23(US$137.50), a rise of 15.33% over the same period of last year. Both 3-star and 4-star hotels registered double-digit growths.

For the first time this year, the room rates of guesthouses and 2-star hotels were included in the “Chinese New Year Tourism Notifying System”. The average room rate of guesthouses for the first 3 days of the Lunar New Year was MOP271.93(US$39), while that of 2-star hotels was MOP 532.30(US$66.50).

During Lunar New Year, MGTO has reinforced supervision at various tourist attractions and entry checkpoints. MGTO’s information counters and tourist hotline operated as usual to provide visitors with tourist information.

Source | Macau Government Tourist Office

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