Local residents accounted for 53 per cent of Macao hotels’ guests last month.
Tourism
Residents who had signed up for the helicopter ride experience but didn’t get picked in the lucky draw will get another chance on Tuesday as the government is adding 1,008 places for the ride next month.
Macao’s number of visitor arrivals in July rose 228.1% month-on-month but fell 97.3% year-on-year to 74,006.
The immigration authorities of Macao and Zhuhai declined to estimate the number of visitor arrivals through the new Hengqin Port during the upcoming Chinese National Day holiday in the first week of October, commonly known as Golden Week.
The Institute for Municipal Affairs announced plans to use four un-utilised land in Taipa to build a park with tires.
The 34th Macao International Music Festival without overseas performing groups due to COVID-19.
All mainland provinces will resume issuing non-tourism visas for travelling to Macao, according to a report by Macao Daily News. However, group tour visas and the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS), by which most mainland travellers are able to visit the SAR, remain suspended.
The local government hopes to launch Macao tour group itineraries involving Hengqin by the end of August, the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture said during Sunday’s Legislative Assembly (AL) plenary meeting.
Macau’s gross gaming revenue fell 94.5% year-on-year to MOP 1.344 billion (US$168 million) in July.