Macau’s inbound visitor tally so far in 2025 hit the 20-million mark as of 11am on Tuesday (July 8) – a daily average of circa 106,000 – said the city’s Public Security Police in a Tuesday update. Last year, it took until August 3 to reach the same aggregate, stated the authorities.
In the whole of 2024, the Public Security Police – responsible for overseeing Macau’s immigration checkpoints – recorded 34.93 million arrivals. That means this year’s tally up to Tuesday was already circa 57.3 percent of full-year 2024’s, with nearly half a year still to go.
Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, director of Macao Government Tourism Office, described the latest figures as “encouraging” according to local media. She was speaking on Tuesday on the sidelines of an event at the City of Dreams casino resort in the Cotai district of the city.
In January, the tourism boss had said Macau might be able to draw “38 million to 39 million” visitors this year, a level “very close” to the pre-pandemic trading year of 2019.
The police confirmed that in the latest reported period, mainland China remained Macau’s main tourism source market, accounting for 71.6 percent of the total. Hong Kong was ranked second, contributing 19.1 percent. The number of international visitors, i.e., those from outside Greater China, accounted for 6.9 percent of the 20-million tally.
The Public Security Police said they anticipate growth in inbound travel during the “summer holiday” period. They are stepping up cooperation with the immigration departments on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong, in order to achieve what the police termed “smooth customs clearance”.
Last year, Macau’s visitor volume for the calendar year to July 31 had been 19.74 million, or a daily average of about 92,681 visitor arrivals across those seven months.
