In Q1, GDP fell 48.7% in real terms year-on-year. The latest result took the cumulative decline in Macau GDP for the calendar year to 30 June to 58.2%.

Additionally, gross gaming revenue fell by 95.6% year-on-year in Q2, and 77.4% year-on-year for the first half, according to separate data released by a local casino regulator.

In an April memo, Fitch Ratings Inc said that it expected Macau to experience “a much deeper economic contraction in 2020” than ‘AA’ credit-rated peers whose economies are less dependent on tourism for survival.