Finance Secretary Lei Wai Nong says new measure will boost Macao’s economy; tourism chief says city has capacity to welcome even more tourists.
Tourism
City’s 123 hotels share just over 5 million guests, mostly from mainland China; occupancy rates drop below 40%.
Officials record more than 76,000 passengers and 620 flights during holiday week; Air Asia, China Southern and other regional airlines to resume operations soon.
Museum launches discount ticket scheme with hotels and travel agencies today to boost tourism sector’s diverse offerings.
City records highest number of visitors since start of pandemic in 2020; last fireworks display takes place this coming Sunday, float exhibition runs till 12 February.
Cultural products and light food, plus displays for items on Macao’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List will add to fun of highly popular new spectacle.
City has ‘begun to emerge from the fog of the pandemic’; most visitors come from mainland China, although thousands make the journey from Hong Kong.
Figure strikes even sharper contrast with 2019, when city hosted more than 39 million visitors before onset of Covid-19 pandemic.
18 floats and 1,000 performers to galvanise city centre and northern district. MGTO says MOP 30 million set aside for Hong Kong overnight travellers’ promotion.