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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 […]

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 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 […]

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement on Monday that the number of the visitors to the city was expected to increase three to five percent compared to the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday last year, adding that it would deploy more staff to maintain public order on the days that crowding is […]