Around 60 stranded students report unable to make booking; security guards unwilling to work in quarantine hotels.
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Floats, lion dancers and performers make up parade in Northern District; fireworks display will light up the sky tomorrow at 9 pm.
Most of the 95,696 visitors were from the mainland, with just under 15,000 crossing the border each day.
Figures for 2021 show healthy increases; tourism chiefs plan to promote city with variety of online and offline strategies which showcase its diverse attractions.
Eighteen dancing lions, Macao mascot MAK MAK and Guizhou Congjiang Ethnic Art Troupe join in celebration overshadowed by Covid-19 precautions.
Participants can take in the displays from aboard a cruise ship or atop Penha Hill and enjoy a gourmet meal on 3, 7 and 15 February.
While parades and celebratory activities are being laid on, tourism officials emphasise the importance of contact tracing apps to keep the virus at bay.
Among other strict regulations, spectators can expect to be socially distanced at Year of the Tiger parades on 3 and 12 February.
Helicopter trips axed, but new tours include Coloane and Barra piers and kid-and-parent magic workshop.