300 groups of mainland visitors have toured Macau during the May Day holiday, said Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, director of the Macao Government Tourism Office.
Senna Fernandes expressed her satisfaction with tourism numbers during the holiday and said that the occupancy rate of hotels was high. According to Senna Fernandes, there was an occupancy rate of 70% in the hotels, even on the last day of the holiday.
She also mentioned that hotels are enhancing their operating capacity. Among the more than 46,000 rooms in Macau, 2000 were not available to visitors, which she described as a huge improvement compared to the past.
New hotels will be open in the second half of this year to further increase capacity.
According to the official, the MGTO will meet with more business operators such as travel agencies and restaurants to reduce the influence of visitors on residents’ daily lives, for example, to handle the volume of visitors at specific tourist attractions.
The MGTO took on learnings from the Ching Meng and Easter holidays to improve travel experiences, such as crossing the borders during the May Day holiday, and will continue to document findings from this Golden Week to aid preparation for the next peak during the summer vacation. Staff Reporter
