Macau welcomes over 40 million tourists in 2025
This was driven by a surge in arrivals from Mainland China under the Individual Visit Scheme.
According to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), Macau recorded a total of over 40 million visitor arrivals in 2025, a 14.7% year-over-year (YoY) increase.
Arrivals by land accounted for nearly 83%, or over 33 million, of the total arrivals, while arrivals by sea reached 3.9 million, up 9.8%, and arrivals by air reached 3.0 million, contributing 7.6%.
Among the arrivals, same-day visitors reached 23.5 million, while overnight visitors were 16.5 million, a 24.6% and 3.1% rise, respectively. The average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day to 1.1 days compared to the previous year.
Travelers from Mainland China led inbound travel to Macau, rising 18.5% to 29 million, with those traveling under the Individual Visit Scheme (15,440,699) rising by 25.7%.
Among the Mainland visitors, 2.1 million traveled under the “one trip per week measure,” 780,936 under the “multiple-entry measure,” and 177,162 under the “tourist group multi-entry measure.”
Visitors from the Pearl River Delta cities in the Greater Bay Area also rose by 23.7% YoY to 14.8 million, driven by a 58.1% surge in visitors from Zhuhai.
Meanwhile, visitors from Hong Kong (7.3 million) and Taiwan (996,140) grew by 1.7% and 19.4% YoY, respectively.
International visitors increased by 13.7% YoY to 2.75 million, with Korea leading at 547,638, up 11.3% YoY, followed by the Philippines (540,284; +9.5%), Indonesia (208,043; +13.6%), Malaysia (188,977; +3.9%), Thailand (185,963; +38.1%), the USA (162,460; +9.8%), Japan (159,455; 26.1%), Singapore (117,165; -1.7%), and India (114,040; 9.8%).
During the holiday season in December, tourist arrivals rose by 17.8% YoY to 3.58 million, comprising 2.1 million same-day visitors and 1.47 million overnight visitors.
Arrivals by land accounted for nearly 83%, or over 33 million, of the total arrivals, while arrivals by sea reached 3.9 million, up 9.8%, and arrivals by air reached 3.0 million, contributing 7.6%.
Among the arrivals, same-day visitors reached 23.5 million, while overnight visitors were 16.5 million, a 24.6% and 3.1% rise, respectively. The average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day to 1.1 days compared to the previous year.
Travelers from Mainland China led inbound travel to Macau, rising 18.5% to 29 million, with those traveling under the Individual Visit Scheme (15,440,699) rising by 25.7%.
Among the Mainland visitors, 2.1 million traveled under the “one trip per week measure,” 780,936 under the “multiple-entry measure,” and 177,162 under the “tourist group multi-entry measure.”
Visitors from the Pearl River Delta cities in the Greater Bay Area also rose by 23.7% YoY to 14.8 million, driven by a 58.1% surge in visitors from Zhuhai.
Meanwhile, visitors from Hong Kong (7.3 million) and Taiwan (996,140) grew by 1.7% and 19.4% YoY, respectively.
International visitors increased by 13.7% YoY to 2.75 million, with Korea leading at 547,638, up 11.3% YoY, followed by the Philippines (540,284; +9.5%), Indonesia (208,043; +13.6%), Malaysia (188,977; +3.9%), Thailand (185,963; +38.1%), the USA (162,460; +9.8%), Japan (159,455; 26.1%), Singapore (117,165; -1.7%), and India (114,040; 9.8%).
During the holiday season in December, tourist arrivals rose by 17.8% YoY to 3.58 million, comprising 2.1 million same-day visitors and 1.47 million overnight visitors.
