Results of visitor expenditure survey for the first three quarters of 2026

MACAU, November 6 - Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total non-gaming spending of visitors stood at MOP67.56 billion in the first three quarters of 2026, up by 16.0% year-on-year. Of which, total spending of overnight visitors (MOP49.21 billion) and that of same-day visitors (MOP18.35 billion) rose by 5.2% and 59.9% respectively.

Per-capita non-gaming spending of visitors was MOP2,099 in the first three quarters of 2026, an increase of 6.9% year-on-year. Per-capita spending of overnight visitors (MOP3,970) and same-day visitors (MOP927) rose by 5.2% and 39.6% respectively. As regards type of expense, visitors spent mainly on shopping (44.7% of total), followed by accommodation (22.7%) and food & beverages (22.0%). Analysed by main purpose of visit, visitors coming to the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR) for MICE events had relatively high per-capita spending (MOP4,501) in the first three quarters.

Analysed by principal source of visitors, per-capita non-gaming spending of visitors from the Chinese mainland (MOP2,300) and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR, MOP1,219) rose by 4.3% and 24.2% year-on-year respectively in the first three quarters, whereas spending of those from the Taiwan region (MOP1,870) decreased by 10.2%. Besides, per-capita spending of international visitors (MOP2,211) recorded a year-on-year increase of 10.9%. Regarding the Northeast Asian markets, per-capita spending of visitors from the Republic of Korea (MOP2,772) and Japan (MOP2,409) grew by 27.7% and 31.7% year-on-year respectively. For the Southeast Asian markets, spending of visitors from Singapore (MOP3,228) and Malaysia (MOP1,943) showed respective growth of 1.7% and 0.1% year-on-year, while spending of those from Thailand (MOP2,258) dropped by 13.5%.

In the third quarter of 2026, total non-gaming spending of visitors went up by 13.3% year-on-year to MOP23.09 billion, with that of overnight visitors (MOP16.80 billion) and same-day visitors (MOP6.29 billion) growing by 0.2% and 73.6% respectively. Meanwhile, per-capita non-gaming spending of visitors (MOP2,055) increased by 5.4% year-on-year. Analysed by principal source of visitors, per-capita spending of visitors from the Chinese mainland (MOP2,191), the Hong Kong SAR (MOP1,318) and international markets (MOP2,485) rose by 3.2%, 24.0% and 9.9% year-on-year respectively, whereas spending of those from the Taiwan region (MOP1,837) went down by 21.3%. Analysed by main purpose of visit, per-capita spending of MICE visitors (MOP4,393) remained relatively high in the third quarter.

DSEC conducts the Visitor Expenditure Survey to collect data from visitors on their amount of non-gaming spending during their stay in the Macao SAR. Extrapolated data on visitors’ spending are published on a quarterly basis.

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