Visitors to the territory over the long weekend don’t appear to have read the memo on Macao’s economic diversification.
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The ‘Experience Macao Unlimited’ event takes place in the heart of the Portuguese capital as Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng arrives for talks with top officials.
Yi Ping Chow of the Chinese League in Portugal makes the proposal on the eve of Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng’s visit to Lisbon.
Average daily arrivals for the three-day Easter holiday period stand at more than 87,660 according to the latest figures.
However, total airport arrivals in the first quarter of 2023 are still only less than a third of what they were during the same period before the pandemic.
Visitors from across the estuary made up almost 46 percent of the 74,000 arrivals recorded on 5 April, prompting optimistic forecasts from tourism officials.
Market turbulence means at least half the world’s billionaires are poorer this year than last, but at least two gaming figures have seen their wealth rise.
The lack of workers is leaving many hotels struggling as tourists return on a wave of post-pandemic travel, Bloomberg says.
Courses in AI, robotics and medical administration, among other subjects, come as the government calls for the growth of new industries to support economic diversification.