The Macau government decided to bring an end to its consideration of the possibility of tourist tax imposition, according to a Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) statement today.
Macao Government Tourism Office
MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes admitted that the COVID-19 epidemic has been affecting Macau’s tourism “very much”.
Art Macao will not be held in 2020, according to information from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).
The Macau Government Tourism Office expects the number of visitor arrivals to drop by 3% this year, the first year-on-year dip since 2015.
Findings of MGTO survey on the possible implementation of a tourist tax shows 95% of local residents support such a tax, while 80% of those in the tourism sector oppose it.
The Public Security Police (PSP) recorded over 39.4 million visitor arrivals last year, a new record, up 10% from 2018.
Bishop Stephen Lee has retracted the Diocese’s strong stance expressed in an earlier statement regarding the light mapping performance at the Ruins of St. Paul’s.
Macau recorded 1.048 million Chinese New Year (CNY) visitor arrivals between Monday and Saturday last week, an increase of 27.4 percent compared with last year’s CNY holiday period.
Hong Kong film producers Johnnie To and Ann Hui have been nominated as ambassadors for the International Film Festival and Awards Macau (IFFA Macau) to be held in the territory for the first time from 8th to 13th December, 2016. Johnnie To has shot more than ten movies in Macau, including Exiled, Vengeance and All […]
