In 2024, the total number of inbound tourists to Macau for the whole year was 34.92865 million, an increase of 23.8% compared to the previous year.

According to data from the Macao Statistics and Census Bureau, the total number of inbound tourists in Macao in 2024 was 34,928,650, an increase of 23.8% compared to the previous year. However, the number of day-trippers (18,884,882) and overnight visitors (16,043,768) increased by 35% and 12.8% respectively. Due to the increase in the proportion of day-trippers, the average length of stay for tourists in 2024 decreased by 0.1 day to 1.2 days, while the average length of stay for overnight visitors remained at 2.3 days. In terms of visitor sources, the number of mainland Chinese tourists increased by 28.6% to 24,491,424 in 2024, with individual tourists (12,281,055) rising by 15.5% and group tourists entering and exiting Macao totaling 17,078. The number of tourists from the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao increased by 28.8% to 11,985,383. The number of tourists from Taiwan increased by 64.1% to 834,411, while the number of tourists from Hong Kong decreased by 0.2% to 7,179,722. There were a total of 2,423,093 international tourists in Macao in 2024, an increase of 66% compared to the previous year. In the Southeast Asian market, tourists from the Philippines (493,399), Indonesia (183,062), and Malaysia (181,941) increased by 57.1%, 28.1%, and 82.2% respectively. Tourists from Thailand (134,658) and Singapore (119,201) also increased by 31.8% and 29.8% respectively. Tourists from India in South Asia increased by 76.5% to 103,817, while tourists from South Korea (492,184) and Japan (126,424) in Northeast Asia increased by 1.4 times and 68.2% respectively. Long-haul tourists from the United States recorded a 57.7% increase to 147,941. In terms of entry channels, the number of tourists entering Macao through land routes (27,769,490, 79.5%), sea routes (4,094,585, 11.7%), and air routes (3,064,575, 8.8%) increased by 24.1%, 10.7%, and 43.9% respectively. In December 2024, there were a total of 3,040,337 inbound tourists, an increase of 3.3% compared to the same period last year, with international tourists (292,202) increasing by 22.5%. The number of day-trippers (1,712,682) increased by 15.3%, while overnight visitors (1,327,655) decreased by 8.9%. The average length of stay for tourists decreased by 0.1 day to 1.1 days; the average length of stay for day-trippers remained unchanged at 0.2 days, while the average length of stay for overnight visitors increased by 0.1 day to 2.3 days.