There are two main choices when travelling from Hong Kong to Macao – activating roaming data on your pre existing SIM or purchasing a prepaid card
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Looking to escape the city’s hustle and bustle without straying too far? Here’s a novel weekend getaway from Macao or Hong Kong
A Lhasa-Hong Kong service will launch on 19 February, allowing passengers to fly via Chengdu on Wednesdays and Sundays, with a travel time of 8 hours
Air Macau is temporarily increasing its flights to Taichung from four to six per week in March, with morning and evening departures available on different days
Asia-Pacific falls short of pre-pandemic tourism figures, even as most of the world’s regions welcomed more visitors last year than they did in 2019
The rating was made by travel aggregator SkyScanner, which praised the impressive number of attractions Macao manages pack into a compact urban area
The SAR was ranked in an unhelpful 28th place on the 2025 Asia Backpacker Index, which featured 31 locations and assessed the daily travel cost for a backpacker
Macao may be small, but it has plenty on offer, ranging from Portuguese-style buildings and Chinese temples to casinos, with some of the best attractions being the Ruins of St Paul’s, Senado Square and Taipa Village
Eligible travellers can now spend up to 10 days in participating provinces without applying for a visa – so long as they’re using China as a transit point