Macao Solo Female Travel Safety Tips and Advice

On this page you will find first-hand, unbiased, and real safety tips, advice and reviews from women traveling solo, submitted directly from their personal experiences in the country.

Their opinions are unfiltered and submitted independently as part of the Solo Female Travel Safety Index, a ranking of 210 countries and regions based on how safe they are for women traveling solo.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers.

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Macau Country data

We have compiled a few data points below that can help you better understand Macau and have more context when thinking about travel safety.

Official country name: Macau Special Administrative Region.

Etymology: The name is thought to derive from the A-Ma Temple, built in 1488 and dedicated to Mazu, the goddess of seafarers and fishermen, which is referred to locally as "Maa Gok". In Portuguese, the region became "Macau". The Chinese name Aomen means "inlet gates".

Capital: As a semi-autonomous region, Macau does not have a capital, it is its own capital.

Independence / foundation: Macau is a special administrative region of China. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China on 20 December 1999.

In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's political and economic system would not be imposed on Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a "high degree of autonomy" in all matters except foreign affairs and defense for the subsequent 50 years.

Population: 639,971.

Currency: Macau Pataca (MOP)
1 USD = 8.07 MOP
1 EUR = 8.76 MOP

Time zone: UTC+8

Languages spoken: Cantonese 80%, Mandarin 5%, other Chinese dialects 5%, Tagalog 3%, English 3%, Portuguese <1%, other 3%. Note - Chinese and Portuguese are official languages; Macanese, a Portuguese-based Creole, is also spoken.

Religions: Folk religion 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4%.

Climate: Subtropical marine climate with cool winters and warm summers.

Real GDP (ppp – purchasing power parity): $36 billion.

Real GDP per capita (ppp): $51,800.

Main airports: Macau International Airport.

World heritage sites in Macau

There are over 1,100 world heritage sites spread across more than 165 countries. New ones are added every year, and some may be removed from the list for various reasons.

Number of UNESCO listed sites: 1.

Top world heritage sites:

Historic Centre of Macao.

Interesting facts about Macau

- As a city itself, Macau has no capital. Because it is small, it is also 100% urbanized.

- Macau's GDP depends largely on tourinsm. Another great source of revenue in the country is related to gaming and gambling, which were legalized in the 1850s. Before the pandemic, Macau generated more income than Las Vegas through gambling.

- Macau is home to the highest bungee jump in the world. New Zealand entrepreneur Alan John Hackett made a 233-meter jump, which earned a Guinness world record as the "highest commercial bungee jump" in 2007.

- The Venetian Macao located in Macau is one of the largest casinos in the world. It has 980,000 square meters of floor space, and it's modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian in Las Vegas.

Further reading: https://www.onceinalifetimejourney.com/inspiration/interesting-facts-about-macau/

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About the Solo Female Travel Safety Index

Safety matters to solo female travelers, you told us so in our annual Solo Female Travel Survey, where year after year, women prove that this is their most important concern when traveling solo.

We wanted to do something about it, so we built these country-specific pages where you can find reviews and scores for 7 key variables affecting the safety of women traveling solo.

How to use the Safety Index

On this page, you will find the country score and the personal opinions on safety of other women traveling solo.

You can sort the comments by:

• The level of experience traveling solo of the reviewer (beginner = <5 trips solo, Intermediate = 5 to 10 trips solo, Experienced = >10 trips solo).
• The age of the traveler.
• Whether they are a visitor or local.
• The date they were posted.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers. 

Thus, the lower the score, the safer the country.

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