The number of people visiting the Taipa-Houses Museum area was expected to rise 10 to 15 percent after the five mansions there have been renovated, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said on Monday. She made the remarks while addressing a press conference headed by Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President […]
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Wynn Palace opened Monday night, drawing big crowds to Cotai to try their luck in the new casino, while Wynn Resorts Chairman & CEO Steve Wynn told a ballroom full of guests that the new US$4 billion resort that took six and a half years to build was a “gift” to the community. “It’s our […]
Growth in the city’s composite consumer price index (CPI) continued to slow down last month, rising just 2.08 per cent year-on-year, a decrease of 0.18 percentage points from the 2.26 per cent growth in June, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Monday. A DSEC statement attributed last month’s increase mostly to higher rentals […]
Macau’s vitally important gaming sector had 55,708 full-time employees at the end of the second quarter, down by 3.0 per cent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Monday. According to a DSEC statement, the number of dealers (croupiers) fell by 3.1 per cent to 24,285. Shift-working staff accounted for 92.7 per cent […]
Visitors’ per-capita non-gaming spending fell by 4 per cent year-on-year and 3.4 per cent quarter-to-quarter to 1,601 patacas in the second quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a DSEC statement, visitors’ total non-gaming spending in the second quarter amounted to 11.7 billion patacas, down by 4.5 per cent year-on-year but […]
At the Blissful Carrot we are totally against snack deprivation! We stand firmly behind the thought, that any guilty snack can be made not only healthier, but can actually contribute beneficially to your overall wellness! One of the main desert offenders that gets benched during “diet season” is ice cream. We are here to tell […]
The 4th Macau International Travel (Industry) Expo will start next month, with the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) being its main organiser for the first time. MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes made the announcement on Thursday during a press conference about the upcoming fair. The expo, co-organised by the Macau Government Tourist Office […]
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said on Thursday that she expected the number of “international” tourists to rise by 10 per cent this year. Senna Fernandes also said that the total number of tourists rose slightly year-on-year during the first six months of this year. According to the Statistics […]
Property prices and the number of transactions have gone up slightly in the second quarter of this year because Macau’s low prices are attracting overseas buyers to invest in the market, Centaline Macau & Hengqin Property Agency Director Jacky Shek Pou Tak said on Wednesday. The Hong Kong real estate agency’s local office held a […]