Restaurant, retail businesses continue to rise in March

Restaurants and retail businesses in Macau continued to rise in March from the same period of last year. The latest report from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the revenue of the interviewed restaurants and similar establishments rose by 54.7% year on year in March. Sales of the interviewed retailers grew by 54.3% year on year in March. In comparison with February, the revenue of the interviewed restaurants and similar establishments went up by 1.8% in March whereas sales of the interviewed retailers dipped by 4.1%. Meanwhile, about 30% of the interviewed retailers forecasted a month-on-month sales growth in April.