In 2023, the total consumption of Macau tourists reached 71.25 billion Macau Patacas, nearly triple the previous year.

On February 22, the Statistics and Census Bureau of the Macao SAR Government released the 2023 annual and fourth quarter tourist expenditure survey. According to data from the Macao Statistics and Census Bureau, driven by a nearly fourfold increase in inbound tourist arrivals, the total tourist expenditure (excluding gaming) for the whole year of 2023 increased nearly threefold to 71.25 billion Macao patacas (MOP), compared to 2022, and also increased by 11.2% compared to 2019. The total expenditure of overnight tourists (60.18 billion MOP) and non-overnight tourists (11.07 billion MOP) recorded year-on-year increases of 3.0 times and 2.4 times, respectively. The average per capita tourist expenditure for the whole year of 2023 was 2,525 MOP, a 55.3% increase compared to 2019; however, a 20.8% decrease compared to 2022, mainly due to the fact that in 2022 Macao was still a quarantine-free destination for mainland Chinese outbound tourists, leading to a higher base for average per capita expenditure. The average per capita expenditure of overnight tourists (4,230 MOP) and non-overnight tourists (791 MOP) decreased by 29.6% and 21.7%, respectively, compared to 2022. In terms of tourist expenditure categories, average spending on shopping (1,219 MOP) and dining (478 MOP) decreased by 42.3% and 2.1%, respectively, while spending on accommodation (647 MOP) and transportation (101 MOP) increased by 50.9% and 36.6% respectively. By main tourist source markets, the average per capita expenditure of tourists from mainland China (3,055 MOP), Hong Kong (1,160 MOP), and Taiwan (2,141 MOP) increased by 66.6%, 21.6%, and 55.5% respectively compared to 2019, while tourists from South Korea (3,634 MOP), Thailand (3,363 MOP), Singapore (2,658 MOP), Malaysia (2,343 MOP), and Japan (2,123 MOP) also recorded varying degrees of increase in average per capita expenditure compared to 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2023, the total tourist expenditure increased threefold to 19.19 billion MOP compared to the same period in 2019, also an 18.1% increase. The expenditure of overnight tourists (16.39 billion MOP) and non-overnight tourists (2.79 billion MOP) recorded threefold and 2.9 times year-on-year increases, respectively. The average per capita expenditure of tourists in the fourth quarter was 2,316 MOP, a 35.9% decrease compared to 2022, but a 31.2% increase compared to the same period in 2019. Overnight tourists (4,108 MOP) and non-overnight tourists (650 MOP) saw a decrease in average per capita expenditure of 26.3% and 45.3% respectively. In terms of tourist source markets, the average per capita expenditure of tourists from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan was 2,769 MOP, 1,001 MOP, and 1,840 MOP. Shopping accounted for 44.8% of tourist expenditure in the fourth quarter, followed by accommodation (27.1%) and dining (20.3%).