According to data from the Statistics and Census Service, five-star and budget properties performed especially well during March.
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Tourism officials hope that the number of visitors during the customary mainland Chinese holiday will exceed those welcomed during Easter.
A lack of trained staff is holding Macao back, according to analysts, as the city gears up for the potentially lucrative Labour Day Golden Week holiday.
The news comes as Macao gears up for the Labour Day Golden Week holiday, with many hotels already reporting that they are fully booked.
Officials say the move is not connected to the recent high-profile cases of disgraced junket operators Levo Chan and Alvin Chau.
Some 17 out of 25 hotels surveyed in a Morgan Stanley report are fully booked for the May Day Golden Week, but a lack of staff is preventing them from matching pre-Covid levels.
Nearly a dozen deals have been signed at a top-level investment and tourism gathering in the Portuguese capital, timed to coincide with the chief executive’s visit.
Robert G. Goldstein, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands, Sands China’s controlling shareholder, said he was pleased to see recovery “accelerate during the quarter”.
Vietnam’s consul-general Pham Binh Dam says his country and Macao should deepen cooperation when it comes to visas and hiring.