Macau’s Chinese Lunar New Year “Golden Week” traffic accelerated into the final stretch of the holiday period, with total visitor arrivals reaching about 1.39 million across the first eight days. That puts the daily average at roughly 174,000 arrivals, broadly matching official expectations for peak-day volumes during the break.
Border-control data show how concentrated the flow became late in the week. On Sunday—the sixth day of Lunar New Year and the eighth day of the mainland holiday period—Macau recorded around 184,000 inbound visitors, while total checkpoint movements reached about 736,000 entries and exits. The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes had previously forecast a peak daily figure of about 175,000 arrivals. The holiday also included three consecutive days above 200,000 arrivals, capped by an all-time single-day record of 227,943 on Thursday, 19 February.
For operators, the headline is not just volume but predictability: the realized daily average landing near the MGTO peak forecast provides a clearer demand baseline for staffing, transport coordination, and premium-service throughput during high-season spikes. The record day on 19 February also underscores how quickly Macau’s inbound funnel can surge when travel patterns synchronize across mainland hubs—turning operational readiness into an immediate competitive edge.
