Macau's total non-gaming spending in the first three quarters increased 16.0% year over year to MOP 67.56 billion

The Zhitong Finance App learned that according to data from the Macau Statistics and Census Bureau, the total spending of non-gaming travelers increased by 16.0% year-on-year to 67.56 billion yuan (MOP, same below) in the first three quarters of 2026, while the total spending of overnight travelers ($49.21 billion) and overnight travelers ($18.35 billion) increased by 5.2% and 59.9% respectively.

In the first three quarters of 2026, none of the visitors spent gaming ($2,099) increased by 6.9% year-on-year. Among them, overnight travelers ($3,970) and overnight travelers ($927) increased by 5.2 percent and 39.6 percent, respectively. In terms of consumption categories, tourist spending is mainly for shopping (accounting for 44.7%), followed by lodging (22.7%) and food (22.0%). According to statistics on the main purpose of visiting Australia, the per capita consumption of exhibition visitors (4,501 yuan) was higher in the first three quarters.

According to statistics from major customer sources, per capita non-gaming spending of mainland China ($2,300) and Hong Kong SAR ($1,219) increased by 4.3% and 24.2%, respectively, in the first three quarters, while the per capita consumption of visitors from Taiwan ($1,870) recorded a 10.2% year-on-year decline. The per capita consumption of international travelers ($2,211) increased 10.9% year over year. While the average consumer spending of South Korea ($2,772) and Japan ($2,409) in the Middle East and North Asia increased by 27.7% and 31.7% respectively, the per capita consumption of visitors from Singapore ($3,228) and Malaysia ($1,943) in Southeast Asia also recorded increases of 1.7% and 0.1% respectively, while the per capita consumption of Thai travelers ($2,258) decreased by 13.5%.

Total non-gaming spending by travelers increased by 13.3% year-on-year to $23.09 billion in the third quarter of 2026. Among them, total spending of overnight travelers ($16.80 billion) and overnight travelers ($6.29 billion) increased by 0.2% and 73.6% respectively. None of the travelers spent gaming ($2,055), recorded a year-on-year increase of 5.4%. In terms of major customer sources, the per capita consumption of mainland China ($2,191), Hong Kong SAR ($1,318) and international travelers ($2,485) increased by 3.2%, 24.0%, and 9.9%, respectively, compared with the year-on-year increase, while the per capita consumption of visitors from Taiwan ($1,837) recorded a 21.3% decrease. According to statistics on the main purpose of visiting Australia, the average spending of visitors to the exhibition in Australia was still high (4,393 yuan) since the third quarter.