Shopping and eating prove to be among the most popular activities for mainland visitors, as is meeting up with friends and relatives.
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Officials predict the switch back to digital would boost visitor numbers, while also planning to encourage longer stays.
Only 47% of mainland Chinese individual travellers that want to visit Macao are willing to receive tests for the trip, according to American broker BofA Securities’ August survey.
The fact that a number of new local Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Guangdong last week will not affect next week’s resumption of the issuing of Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) and group tours permits for Guangdong residents to travel to Macao.
The National Immigration Administration of China has announced that from 23 September, all mainland China residents can visit Macao with individual and group travel visas.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U announced today at a press conference that the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) will resume for residents of Zhuhai from Wednesday, 12 August.
All mainland provinces will resume issuing non-tourism visas for travelling to Macao, according to a report by Macao Daily News. However, group tour visas and the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS), by which most mainland travellers are able to visit the SAR, remain suspended.
The local government is striving for the resumption of the mainland’s Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) to Macao, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong told reporters on Wednesday.
