Beer drinkers and culture vultures will have cause to celebrate next month when Wynn Resorts holds the 2nd Macau-Qingdao Beer & Cultural Festival and the 1st Macau-Qingdao Week.
Running from 7 to 31 December, the event will be held on the lawn adjacent to Wynn Palace’s South Entrance every night from 6 pm to midnight.
Macau Leisure Tourism Service Innovation Association President Paul Wong Fai said that over 20 Qingdao brand enterprises will participate in the event. An exchange seminar for Qingdao, Macao and Portuguese-speaking countries enterprises will also be held on 7 December.
He added that an exhibition zone will display Qingdao featured products from 7 to 11 December, while Qingdao artisans will present their intangible cultural heritage craftsmanship.
The festival will also highlight Tsingtao Beer, Macau Beer and a Portuguese beer brand, including the 7 Days’ Fresh Tsingtao Original Beer and the debut of Tsingtao Lemon 0.0 in Macao, while a large-scale beer hall will showcase a selection of brews, products and performances.
President and Executive Director of Wynn Resorts (Macau) Linda Chen said that Qingdao and Macao have “enjoyed a close and enduring relationship”, noting that they “enjoy the same synergies in terms of urban resources and tourism”. Both will cooperate in “promoting the development of twin-city cultural tourism and commercial exchanges”, Chen said.
The Mega Fun Carnival 2022 will be held at the same venue, with features such as the Family Fun Special sessions and Macao Tourism Mascot MAK MAK. Light installations will also be set up at two of Wynn’s resorts in support of Light Up Macao 2022.
In related news, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Deputy Director Ricky Hoi Io Meng, said that the average number of daily visitors over the four-day Grand Prix earlier this month was over 16,000 people.
Hoi noted that the number was consistent with recent visitor numbers during the weekdays.
The second day of the Grand Prix received the highest number of visitors, which stood at around 21,000 people, Hoi said, adding that the hotel occupancy rate had increased by around 15 per cent during the four-day event, The Macau Post Daily reported.
