In Macau and aggregate tourist numbers dropped by almost 50% year-on-year on Friday and Saturday amid growing apprehension surrounding the spread of the highly infectious ‘Wuhan virus’ that has already killed 80 people in neighbouring China.
Macau has now recorded six confirmed cases of the ‘Wuhan virus,’ which is a coronavirus strain that first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan in early-December. It additionally detailed that at least three of these victims are thought to have visited casino resorts located in the city’s Cotai Strip district including the giant The Venetian Macao and Galaxy Macau properties.
The official figures from the Macao Government Tourism Office reportedly showed that the former Portuguese enclave had welcomed only 112,936 foreign visitors over the course of the two-day period, which equated to a decline of 49.9% year-on-year.
55,098 foreign tourists had entered Macau on Friday, which represented a decrease of 34.6% year-on-year, while the figure for Saturday had been 59% lower at 57,838. The arrivals from mainland China over the course of the two days had plummeted by 55% to 66,102 with the comparable Saturday figure being 64.7% lower at 33,159.
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