The number of tourist arrivals to Macau during a five-day period encompassing Easter and the Ching Ming Festival, stood at 665,918, according to data released by the city’s Public Security Police. The local authorities did not provide any year-on-year comparison.
On the day of the Ching Ming Festival this year – April 5 (Sunday) – Macau recorded a total of 172,057 visitor arrivals. In Macau, mainland China, and Hong Kong, that day – also known as ‘Tomb-Sweeping Day’ in English – is a public holiday. The timing for it is calculated under the lunar calendar.
The mainland takes some additional days as public holiday during the period. There, the authorities had designated this year’s Ching Ming holiday period as running from April 4 to April 6.
During the five days from April 3 to April 7, Macau received an average of 133,184 visitors per day.
Regionally, Easter Monday is only a public holiday in Hong Kong, while Easter Friday is a holiday in Hong Kong and Macau. The Easter season is not a break period on the Chinese mainland.
