The growth of Macau Casino Gaming has slowed down in September, but it is expected that the October data will be boosted by the Mid -Autumn Festival Golden Week.
The data released by the Macau Gaming Supervision and Coordination Bureau on Sunday (October 1) showed that the total revenue of gaming in September increased by 404.2%year -on -year to $ 14.9 billion (about S $ 2.52 billion).
Bloomberg reported that this is consistent with the median value of an analyst at an expected increase of 400%year -on -year, about 68%of the 2019 level.
Reports pointed out that due to the booster growth of tourism growth brought about by the Mid -Autumn Festival in mainland China and the eight -day holiday, it is expected that the revenue growth of the Macau Casino will accelerate in October.Analysts predict that October gaming revenue will return to 72%of the level before the epidemic, which is also the highest proportion after the epidemic.
According to the Macau Daily on Friday (September 29), the Macau tourism industry and the hotel industry predicted that during the Golden Week period, the average daily tourist volume of Macau may reach 120,000, which reached the same period of the epidemic situation.86%; hotel occupancy rates during holidays are expected to exceed 90%.
It is reported that bad weather has also affected the performance of the Macau casinos in September.At the beginning of the month, the typhoon "Sura" attacked Macau, causing the casino to be closed for nine hours.When typhoon transit the South China region, it also caused a long rainy weather to hinder tourists' travel.According to Bloomberg, the monthly income fell 13.2%.
At the same time, in order to reduce dependence on the gaming industry, Macau is increasing its efforts to develop non -gaming activities.In the fourth quarter of this year, Macau will host a series of large -scale events, including the concert and the former NBA star player Shaquille O’Neal's pond dance, etc., and is expected to further increase the revenue of Macau tourism.
