Visitors from the Macao and Hong Kong SARs, and from Taiwan, made up roughly 43 percent of the total number of trips recorded during the festival.
News
The bill, set to come into force in August, now includes a clause allowing Macao’s top official to end a concessionaire’s ability to grant credit.
A 24-month refurbishment has seen a host of new features added and improvements made to the heritage structure.
Foreign ministers for both countries met last week, committing to future cooperation in key development areas.
Facebook’s founder has moved ahead of rival mogul Musk on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, becoming the third richest person in the world.
The government hopes to follow up on its Japan roadshow in March with five similar events staged in South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
Faced with overtourism, the city of canals hopes that the new entry fee will encourage single-day travellers to visit during off-peak periods.
More than half of non-local students at Macao universities opt to live in Hengqin or Zhuhai, where apartments offer far better bang for buck.
Also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Qingming Festival is a time for families to honour ancestors by visiting graves, cleaning tombstones, making offerings and paying respects.