Tourism

Macau, China, 14 Jul – The 20th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest will be held on September with ten national teams, announced Monday Joao Manuel Costa Antunes, director of Macau Government Tourism Office. Costa Antunes said that the contest will be held on September 1,14,20 and 27 as well on Chinese National Day on October 1st. […]

Macau, China, 1 July – The residents fo Macau and Hong Kong will be able to move between their borders with greater ease in the short term, the Macau secretary for the Economy and Finance said Monday. He said that there was a bilateral consensus, “on the procedures and ease of entry and exit of […]

acau, China, 26 June – The Historical Centre of Macau, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will continue to be one of the most important aspects to attract tourists to the territory, according to Macau’s marketing strategy for 2008. João Costa Antunes, Macau’s director for tourism said, at a meeting with Macau’s 16 tourism […]

Macau, China, 5 Dec – The governments of Macau and the Chinese province of Guangdong said Thursday in Zhuhai that they would put together a working group to study the development of Hengqin island, located in front of Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau. Hengqin occupies an area of 86 square kilometres, the largest of […]

Macau, China, 3 Sept – Residents of the province of Guangdong can only obtain a visa to visit Macau every three months, the Hong Kong South China Morning Post reported Thursday. The English language Hong Kong newspaper also reported these new restrictions went into effect on 1 October and travel agents in Guangdong have already […]

Macau, China, 2 Oct – France’s Brezac Artificef has won the 20th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest, which ended Wednesday, repeating the team’s 2006 victory, said the Macau Government Tourist Office. The company, established in 1965, has been among the best in France since the 1980s and is known for the multimedia elements of their […]

Macau, China, 1 Dec – Portugal’s secretary of state for tourism, Bernardo Trindade, said Sunday in Macau that Portugal is going to launch a series of initiatives to attract more tourists from China and Korea. Trindade, who spoke at the 34th forum of the Portuguese Association of Travel Agencies (APAVT), said that annually around 50,000 […]