Macau: The average room occupancy rate in the hotel industry in January increased year-on-year to 91.6%.

According to data from the Macao Statistics and Census Bureau, in January 2026, the average occupancy rate of hotel rooms in Macao increased by 0.7 percentage points to 91.6% compared to the previous year. The occupancy rate of five-star hotels was 95.9%, an increase of 2.4 percentage points compared to the previous year; while the occupancy rates of four-star (85.2%) and three-star (85.7%) hotels decreased by 0.5 and 3.2 percentage points respectively. The number of guests staying in hotel establishments in January decreased by 1.7% to 1.236 million. Mainland Chinese guests (917,000) decreased by 5.3%, Hong Kong guests (125,000) increased by 2.1%, and international guests (127,000) increased by 26.6%. Among international guests, guests from South Korea (41,000), Thailand (10,000), Malaysia (9,000), and Japan (9,000) increased by 16.3%, 92.7%, 58.2%, and 11.0% respectively. In January of this year, there were 139,000 group tourists arriving, a decrease of 13.4% compared to the previous year. Mainland Chinese group tourists decreased by 25.2% to 104,000, while international group tourists increased by 45.8% to 25,000.