The executive director of SJM, Macao’s oldest gaming concessionaire, says she expects non-gaming tourism in Macao to grow ‘faster than the gaming segment’.
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Forensic tests have been carried out and the Judiciary Police have launched an investigation, according to law enforcement officials.
The number of nonresident workers hired in March nearly tripled February’s total but the city has a long way to go to replace those who left during the pandemic.
Impassable streets and roads jammed with tour buses have aroused the ire of some neighbourhood associations, reports say.
The government has now raked in a fifth of the total it hopes to raise from casino operations during this year.
The new protocols have been issued as the city grapples with a major wave of flu-like illnesses and come in the wake of amended mask guidelines.
The extended Labour Day break is the first long holiday in mainland China since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Although GGR is still down on pre-pandemic averages, some analysts are predicting that the gaming sector will recover fully as early as next year.
The government’s estimate of 70,000 visitors a day during the Labour Day Golden Week holiday is too low, insiders say.