Macao’s top tourism official says that Macao’s international visitor arrivals will probably only return in the second half of next year.
Tourism
Macao’s hotel guests dropped by 73.5% year-on-year to 1.83 million in the first half of this year, the Statistics and Census Bureau said in a statement today.
Macao’s tourism promotion up to the end of the year will essentially focus on mainland China, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said today.
Just 1,000 residents were lucky enough to be randomly picked on Monday from 31,333 who applied to go on the coveted “Helicopter Ride Experience”, one of the top attractions in the government-subsidised local tours.
Although the refurbishment work has been officially inspected for the Grand Prix Museum reopening, the installation of the vehicles, equipment, interactive games and exhibits could still not take place due to entry restrictions because of COVID-19.
The preliminary 2021 budget proposed by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will see the tourism board’s funding slashed by more than one-third.
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has penalised a local travel agency participating in the “Macao Ready Go! Local Tours” for jeopardising its system’s functionality and apparently leading to last week’s crash.
The Macao Government Tourism Office will add 10 new itineraries from tomorrow to its ongoing subsidised programme for residents joining tour groups organised by travel agencies to tour the city, with one of them featuring helicopter rides.
In the first half of 2020, the number of visitor arrivals decreased by 83.9% year-on-year to 3,268,900, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).