International visitors arriving from Portugal and Spain have yet to reach the levels seen in pre-pandemic years, official statistical data show. Slow recovery for Portuguese visitorsIn 2017, some 16,259 Portuguese visitors entered Macau, although this figure did not represent a significant difference when compared with previous or subsequent years. This happened particularly because of the low figures recorded in 2023, when the borders fully reopened and Macau tourism resumed operations. In that year, only 6,013 Portuguese visitors entered Macau as tourists, a figure that contrasted with the higher figures from 2024 (9,985) and 2025 (14,331). At the end of 2025, visitors from Portugal accounted for 0.036% of all visitor arrivals, while those from Spain represented 0.025% of the market share.