Tourism’s return saw a surge in gross domestic product – though goods exports fell by almost 30 percent, year-on-year.
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Tourism delegations from Macao participated in major travel industry events over the weekend in both Lisbon and Jakarta.
Macao’s hotel sector is continuing to go from strength to strength, although the results are still not on a par with pre-pandemic numbers.
Despite the increase in visitor numbers over the Lunar New Year holiday, revenue last month is slightly lower than forecast.
Representatives from the ten member states of Forum Macao will convene in Macao for the first in-person conference since 2016.
The gaming concessionaire’s CEO, Lawrence Ho, said Macao was still showing ‘extraordinary growth potential’ despite China’s economic uncertainty.
The gaming concessionaire ended the year strongly and says it will pay out dividends to shareholders to show its ‘continued confidence’ in Macao’s future.
Latest figures show that fewer people are employed in construction and retail, while more are working in gaming and hotels.
They say the bill contains too many grey areas, and that obvious targets, like properly criminalising problematic currency exchanges, have been overlooked.