There have been fewer reported cases of influenza so far this year than a year earlier, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, the bureau recorded 239 cases of flu last month, down 57.7 percent from the same month of last year when 566 cases were reported. A […]
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统计暨普查局(DSEC)周二公布,去年澳门旅客的非博彩消费按年增长3.7%至617.5亿澳门元。 过夜旅客消费508.8亿澳门元,增长2.6%;不过夜旅客的“非博彩消费”上升9.1%至108.7亿澳门元。 去年旅客人均消费额为1,959澳门元,下降3.5%。 去年第四季度旅客非博彩消费按年下降13.9%至140.5亿澳门元。 去年第四季度内地旅客人均消费按年下降27.3%至2,038澳门元。然而,内地人仍是澳门最大消费群体。 第四季度旅客的主要消费项目是购物(占非博彩支出的43.3%)、住宿(26.9%)、食品和饮料(19.9%)。 主要购物项目包括本地食品(26.1%)、珠宝手表(18.6%)及化妆品和香水(16.9%)。 根据第四季度的旅客意见调查结果,88.2%的人表示满意酒店的服务和设施,而82%的人表示满意零售服务。然而,仅有40.4%的人说澳门有足够的非博彩旅游景点,18.8%的人认为公共交通有待改进。(macaunews/macaupost)
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng has been quoted as saying his message to the central government is “thanks, you got our heartfelt thanks, but we can’t receive more” mainland visitors. The Portuguese-language radio channel of government broadcaster TDM reported Tam’s remarks last Thursday, citing Portugal’s Lusa newswire. The TDM news […]
The Macau government will negotiate with the Central Government a limit to the number of tourists arriving from China, said the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam on Thursday. According to Lusa – the Portuguese news agency, the Secretary said that the high numbers of tourists, a majority of them being from China […]
Beijing’s most senior representative in Macau, Li Gang, said in his Chinese New Year message last Tuesday that the local government should face social problems head-on and save for a rainy day. He also said that his office would fully support the local government. Li heads the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in […]
A total of 434,549 visitor arrivals were recorded during the first three days of the Chinese New Year (CNY), up 3.4 percent on the same period of last year, the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) told government broadcaster TDM on Monday. According to TDM, the number included 308,089 mainlanders, accounting for almost 71 percent of […]
The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement on Monday there were 116 violations by rogue taxi drivers between last Tuesday and Sunday. The statement said the incidents included 69 cases of overcharging and 25 cases of refusing to pick up passengers. However, it did not reveal what the remaining 22 cases were, nor […]
The average price of residential units rose 22 percent year-on-year to 99,795 patacas per square metre of usable area last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced last Tuesday. The average price per square metre of residential units in the Macau Peninsula (95,576 patacas), Taipa (106,316) and Coloane (122,697) rose 19.8 percent, 29.6 percent […]
The government wants to “control” the number of visitor arrivals but has no intention of reducing or even limiting their number, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said on Thursday. Tam made the remark after a meeting of the Tourism Development Committee (CDT), which he chaired, at the Tourist Activities Centre […]