New generations seek new tourism products, according to speakers at the Global Tourism Economy Forum.
Wilfred Wong
Thousands of delegates are expected at the three-day event, back at the Venetian Macao after being suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The three-day event, held in conjunction with the Asian IR Expo, has returned to Macao after being on hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Non-gaming tourism and economic diversification will be a key topic of discussion at speaker meetings and panels during the three-day gathering.
The three-day event, open to the Singaporean public, aims to promote Macao as both a leisure and a MICE destination.
Visitors to the territory over the long weekend don’t appear to have read the memo on Macao’s economic diversification.
Wilfred Wong, the president and executive director of Sands China, says the gaming concessionaire is already going in the ‘direction that the government wants us to go in’.
Proposals include hi-tech theme park, incubator centre to develop hi-tech innovation and shows by superstars like Aaron Kwok Fu-shing and Leon Lai Ming.
Operators embark on new game plan while tasked by government to play greater role in diversifying city’s economic, day-to-day life and guaranteeing local jobs.