Macao is expecting relatively few tourists during the forthcoming Golden Week in October.
Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said estimates were relatively conservative because the nucleic acid test (NAT) validity for visitors to Macao still is 48 hours.
However, Senna Fernandes, who was speaking at the Shandong Tourism Macao Promotion Conference at MGM in NAPE, was quick to add that she hoped the number of visitor arrivals will rise steadily during Golden Week, which runs from 1 to 7 October.
Senna Fernandes also predicted that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of Golden Week tourists would not increase “sharply”, but that MGTO would continue to do a “good job” in promoting Macao. She pointed out that in view of repeated Covid-19 outbreaks in mainland China and complying with Covid-19 prevention guidelines, MGTO will suspend its offline promotion in all mainland Chinese cities, such as the Macao Week in Qingdao in Shandong province, underlining that more online promotions would be carried out by MGTO.
On Tuesday, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office Deputy Director Huang Liuquan said that the central government would “actively” study and launch a series of measures to support the development of Macao’s tourism industry at the request of the Macao government.
Meanwhile, the production and coordination services for the 2023 Chinese New Year Float Show are open for tender, Senna Fernandes said, adding that the show would, as usual, be held on the third day of the Lunar Year and the following weekend.
22 January 2023 is the first day of the Chinese New Year – the Year of the Rabbit, The Macau Post Daily reported.
