Macau recorded over 40 million inbound visitors throughout 2025, setting a new historical high. Among these, international visitors totaled 2,755,474, representing a 13.7% year-on-year increase.
According to Macau Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) data, total inbound visitors for 2025 reached 40,069,360, a 14.7% year-on-year increase. By source market analysis, mainland China visitors rose 18.5% year-on-year to 29,017,164; Hong Kong visitors reached 7,300,582, up 1.7% year-on-year; and Taiwanese visitors reached 996,140, a 19.4% annual increase.
International visitors totaled 2,755,474 in 2025. South Korea contributed the largest number of foreign visitors at 547,638, an 11.3% annual increase. The Philippines followed with 540,284 visitors, a 9.5% annual increase.
Visitors from Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and the United States also saw significant growth, increasing by 26.1%, 13.6%, 38.1% and 9.8% year-on-year, respectively.
Analyzed by checkpoint, 33,084,253 visitors entered Macau by land, accounting for 82.6% of the total and rising 19.1% year-on-year. 3,935,435 visitors arrived by sea, representing 9.8% of the total and declining 3.9% year-on-year. Another 3,049,672 visitors arrived by air, accounting for 7.6% of the total – a 0.5% decrease.
The number of same-day visitors (23,524,943) and overnight visitors (16,544,417) increased by 24.6% and 3.1% year-on-year, respectively.
In December 2025, total visitor arrivals reached 3,580,130, marking a 17.8% year-on-year increase. Among these, same-day visitors (2,107,339) and overnight visitors (1,472,791) rose by 23.0% and 10.9%, respectively.
