Tourism

About five kilogrammes of tiny plastic pellets havebeen found on two beaches in Macau’s Coloane Island in a special cleanupoperation yesterday following complaints from residents, a statement from thegovernment said yesterday. The joint statement from the Maritime Administration(CP) and the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) pointed out that thegovernment met Sinopec Hong Kong General Manager Li […]

The government is beefing up its effort to crack down on unlicensed inns by boosting the size of its “inspection team” to 52 officers by October, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director João Manuel Costa Antunes said yesterday. Costa Antunes made the remarks after a press conference at Macau Tower about the 24th International Fireworks […]

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals dropped 3.4 percent year-on-year to 2.106 million in June, according to official statistics from the government. June’s figure was the lowest of any month since January last year. Same-day visitors accounted for 49.4 percent of last month’s total number of visitor arrivals. Visitors’ average length of stay decreased by 0.1 […]

Macau’s 97 hotels – including hostels – recorded 3.7 million guests in the first five months, an increase of 12.7 percent on the same period last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. The average occupancy rate stood at 81.9 percent, similar to the same period a year earlier. The number of guestrooms […]

The Maritime Administration (CP) has begun investigating the abrupt service suspension of the North West Express ferry service, while urging the company to provide a plan as to how customers will be reimbursed, according to a statement quoted by The Macau Post Daily today. North West Express is the only ferry company providing a service […]

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals in April increased a mere 1.9 percent year-on-year to 2.38 million, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Wednesday. Month-to-month, the figure grew just 1.4 percent. Same-day visitor accounted for 62.8 percent of the total number. Visitors’ average length of stay stood at 1.1 days. Mainlanders accounted for 58.4 percent […]

Macau’s visitors spent 13.1 billion patacas on non-gambling activities in the first quarter, up 35 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Tuesday. The figure was extrapolated from about 43,000 samples, according to a DSEC statement. While overnight visitors spent 10.6 billion patacas, an increase of 39 percent from a year earlier, same-day […]

Macau’s 95 hotels recorded 2.18 million guests in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 13.6 percent, according to official statistics released Monday. The average room occupancy rate stood at 83.2 percent, up 2.2 percentage points. The number of guestrooms stood at 22,272 at the end of March, an increase of 2,143 rooms (+10.6 percent) […]

The head of the Macau Govern ment Tourist Office (MGTO), Joao Manuel Costa Antunes said Thursday that being the host city for the recently established Global Tourism Economy Forum, Macau will be given expert knowledge on how to boost competitiveness and consolidate its position as a world centre of tourism and leisure. Costa Antunes made […]