Labour Day visitor arrivals to Macau up 6.7%
Macau recorded a total of 375,000 visitor arrivals during the Labour Day holiday period (29 April-1 May), according to data released by local police.
The figure was up by 6.7% compared to the same period in 2016, the Macau Government Tourism Office has confirmed.
The Macau government was already predicting a surge in tourism over the public holiday, even announcing a series of measures to manage crowds.
1 May, known in China as Labour Day, saw the majority of visitors to Macau arriving from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The number of tourists from mainland China increased by 5% year-on-year, while visitor arrivals from Hong Kong went up 7.5%.
The figures were recorded by Macau’s Public Security Police, who measured the number of tourists passing through border checkpoints around the city.
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