MACAO, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Visitor arrivals in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) rose by 32.6 percent year-on-year to 4.17 million in February 2026, data from the SAR's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) showed on Friday.

The service attributed the surge primarily to the Chinese New Year holidays. It also reported that visitors from the Chinese mainland climbed by 43.6 percent. Arrivals from Hong Kong and Taiwan rose by 2.0 percent and 31.9 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, international visitors went down 3.3 percent year-on-year.

In the first two months of 2026, the DSEC said, total visitor arrivals grew by 15.1 percent year-on-year to 7.82 million, with international visitors increasing by 6.8 percent. The average length of stay remained stable at 1.0 day. ■