Tourist arrivals in Macau rose 10.6% year-on-year in March 2026 to 3.394 million, following a 32.6% surge in February. Same-day visitors increased by 16.6%, while overnight visitors grew by 2.2%. The average length of stay edged down by 0.1 day from a year earlier to 1.0 day overall, with the duration for overnight visitors unchanged at 2.3 days.
By source market, arrivals from mainland China climbed 10.6% to 2,392,526, including a 17.9% increase in visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme, which reached 1,265,730. Arrivals from Hong Kong (621,973) and Taiwan (102,682) expanded by 4.5% and 35.1%, respectively.
Among other key markets, visitor numbers from the Philippines (up 4.9% to 41,129), India (up 30.6% to 10,959), and the United States (up 11.3% to 15,250) all registered growth. In contrast, arrivals from Japan (down 1.1% to 17,982) and Singapore (down 2.3% to 11,449) recorded declines.
For the first quarter of 2026 as a whole, total visitor arrivals increased 13.7% year-on-year to 11,213,904.