Half-a-million Macao residents expected to take advantage of subsidised staycations and tours, which aim to pep up a travel industry slammed by Covid-19.
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Six different subsidised tours are on offer, as well as cut-price staycations, in the government’s MOP 120 million scheme that will run for the rest of the year.
Staycations provide little aid to Macao’s 120 embattled hotels and guesthouses, as mainland visitors stay away and inbound tours grind to a halt in January.
The Macao Government Tourism Office will add 10 new itineraries from tomorrow to its ongoing subsidised programme for residents joining tour groups organised by travel agencies to tour the city, with one of them featuring helicopter rides.
Macau’s package tour visitor arrivals dropped to 509,000 in October.
