Tourism

In the first five months of 2014, visitor arrivals reached 12,851,806, up by 9% year-on-year, and same-day visitors accounted for 54% of the total according  to he Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Analyzed by place of residence, visitors from Mainland China (+16%), the Republic of Korea (+17%) and Japan (+7%) increased year-on-year, while those from […]

Macau and the Philippines signed a new air service agreement, raising the weekly seat entitlements more than 50 percent by renewing a pact signed last year, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) of Philippines announced on Wednesday. The new pact expanded the entitlements to 7,020 a week from 4,500 under agreement Manila and the Special Administrative […]

Macau recorded 10.3 million visitors arrivals in the first four months of the year, a year-on-year growth of nine percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to the DSEC in April Macau recorded 2.63 million visitor arrivals, a year-on-year growth of 10 percent, The bureau attributed the two-digit rise to the Easter […]

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told lawmakers  Monday that the government plans to establish a travel warning system, saying that her bureau had consulted the city’s tourism and insurance sectors on the matter and that they were overall in favour. Senna Fernandes, who also heads the Tourism Crisis Management […]

The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) announced thursday the proposed routes of four new walking tours in Macau, with one each in Taipa and Coloane, one in St Anthony’s Parish and one in the northern district. Addressing a press conference, MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said her office would conduct surveys with shop […]

Crowd control measures may be implemented in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro during the Labour Day holiday, according to Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes. Senna Fernandes made the statement Monday when speaking to reporters after a meeting with the Legislative Assembly’s Follow-Up Committee for Public Administration Affairs in the legislature. […]

Hong Kong-based developer, Lai Fung Group, announced plans to build a video-game complex in Hengqin island, adjacent Macau with a 15,000-seat arena. The arena will be the centerpiece of a US$ 2.8 billion gaming theme park. The idea for the V-Zone, as the wider project is called, was conceived about a year ago, when Lai […]

In the first quarter of 2014, visitor arrivals to Macau reached 7,690,166, up by 9% year-on-year, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Visitors from Mainland China and the Republic of Korea increased by 17% and 18% respectively, while those from Hong Kong and Taiwan decreased by 9% and 4%. According to the DSEC […]

David Chow, CEO of Macau Legend Development Ltd signed Tuesday a HK$4.2-billion loan deal with 10 banks to revamp Macau Fisherman’s Wharf. ICBC Macau and Banco Nacional Ultramarino SA (BNU) are the lead arrangers of the HK$4.2-billion loan. There are also another eight other participating banks: Macau Branch of Bank of East Asia Ltd, Luso […]