Tourism

In an effort to tackle traffic jams in the streets around the Ruins of St Paul’s landmark, the Public Police Security (PSP) said in a statement Sunday that they would consider implementing “appropriate” measures to reduce the congestion, including the rerouting or banning of tour coaches to get to the UNESCO World Heritage monument. The […]

A grading system to categorise the level of expertise of locally licensed tourist guides is needed, Macau Tourist Guide Association President Angelina Wu Wai Fong said Monday, explaining that such a measure would encourage further training and improve service quality. Wu spoke to reporters after the opening ceremony of the 15th International Convention of the […]

Macau’s airport logged a record 5.48 million passengers last year, an increase of nine percent from 2013, owner-cum-operator CAM has announced. The single-runway airport handled a daily average of about 15,000 passengers last year. August saw the highest monthly number of passengers last year, at 528,919. August also produced the highest monthly passenger figure since […]

Macau’s number of hotel guests rose just one percent year-on-year to 9.8 million between January and November last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. The hospitality industry’s average occupancy rate stood at 87 percent, an increase of four percentage points. At the end of November, the city’s 98 hotels and guesthouses provided […]

Visitor arrivals in November increased by 15 percent year-on-year to 2,802,373, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Same-day visitors accounted for 56 percent at 1,562,331. Visitors from mainland China surged by 28 percent year-on-year to 1,975,951, coming primarily from Guangdong Province (898,373) and Fujian Province (78,196). The number of mainland visitors travelling under […]

A new custom clearance policy between Macau and the city of Zhuhai come into effect today ahead of the 15th anniversary of Macau’s return to China that will be celebrated Friday. The policy is aimed to provide more choices to people who travel between the two places and ease the pressure of the borders. The […]

The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Wednesday released its findings about the feasibility of “family hostels”, showing that 62.5 percent of 2,243 respondents agreed with the idea of “family hostels” in general. However, the survey also found that not many of those who agreed with the “family hostel” idea are in favour of having the […]

Sands China said in a statement Monday that The St. Regis Macao, located in Sands Cotai Central, will open in the third quarter of next year. The statement said that the hotel had recently been topped out. It will be the fourth and final hotel in the Sands Cotai Central complex. Sands China President and […]

Macau recorded 2.65 million visitor arrivals last month, a year-on-year increase of 11 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said Monday. A DSEC statement attributed the two-digit increase to the mainland’s “Golden Week” National Day holiday and Chung Yeung (Double Ninth) Festival. Same-day visitors accounted for 55 percent of the total. Mainlanders accounted for […]