Calls for permanent pedestrian zone in Taipa Village

Taipa Village has welcomed a record number of visitors over the Lunar New Year period, driven in part by government measures that included implementing a nine-day pedestrian zone in the area.

In a statement, Taipa Village Destination Limited, which has been pioneering the regeneration of the area for two decades, said that during the Lunar New Year holiday the average daily visitation to Taipa Village was estimated at more than 50,000 individuals – a figure almost double pre-pandemic levels, and one that outperforms Macau’s overall visitor growth.

However, the group, so that authorities can improve traffic safety for both residents and tourists, called for the pedestrian zone to become a permanent feature.

With visitation levels to Taipa Village at all-time highs and likely to grow, even outside of holiday periods, “the area’s main traffic artery, Rua Correia da Silva, is no longer suitable for operating as a traffic route, due to its dangerous narrowness and pavements that are unable to accommodate the increasingly-heavy footfall in the area,” the group said.

As footfall in the area is destined to keep rising, the group has called on authorities to “implement permanent pedestrian measures in the area, as so many other heritage-inspired locations across the world have done to great effect.” LV