Macau sees ‘growing’ proportion of foreign visitors, says MGTO

The proportion of foreign visitors to Macau is “gradually growing” with a trend towards individual travelers, a local tourism official disclosed yesterday. On the

MGTO partners Air Macau to attract more tourists from Japan

To attract larger visitor numbers from Japan, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and Air Macau jointly organized a familiarization trip dedicated to the tourism operators

Tourism bureau to boost events in latter half of 2023

The local tourism bureau has planned an array of major events and activities to take place in the latter half of 2023, officials announced in

Flooded with sightseers, Europe’s iconic churches struggle to accommodate both worship and tourism

A recent Saturday evening Mass at Sagrada Familia parish had all the hallmarks of a neighborhood worship service, from prayers for ill and deceased members to name-day

Visitor arrivals steady at 2.2 million in June

Visitor arrivals totaled 2.2 million in June, recording a slight drop of 0.2% when compared to the month prior. Macau has recorded the arrival of

Macau closed 1H with almost 12 million visitors

Macau has recorded the arrival of almost 12 million visitors during the first half of this year (1H), the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has disclosed

Hotel occupancy to level up to pre-pandemic this summer, Andy Wu says

The hotel occupancy rate in Macau is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels this summer, the president of the Travel Industry Council of Macau (TICM),

MGTO takes travel expo participants on familiarization tours in Macau

The government tourism bureau has hosted business visitors from a variety of places on familiarization tours in Macau as part of its overall marketing efforts.

Asians and North Americans top list of foreign visitors to Macau so far this year

Often statistically labeled as “others” during the major holidays and celebratory seasons in Macau, foreign visitors occupied just a small percentage (3.8%) of all the visitors

Ctrip: Macau remains among most popular destinations during holiday

Research from travel agency giant Ctrip shows that, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Macau is among the most popular destinations for Chinese outbound travel. Over

Worker’s Day ‘Golden Week’ fails to halt tourist drop in May

The good results in terms of the influx of tourists during the so-called Golden Week of the Worker’s Day (May 1) failed to maintain the increasing

International tourists doubled since resuming of flights: Senna Fernandes

Macau recorded overseas visitors surge since the gradual resumption of international flights as the local government pushes tourism campaigns in its source markets, Maria Helena de Senna

Travel expo to celebrate Creative City of Gastronomy concept

The 11th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo, which will be held from Jun. 30 to Jul. 2, will celebrate the UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy with

Thailand’s tourism sector has ‘high interest’ in Macau, local group says

The head of a local tourism group said that the tourism industry in Thailand is very much interested in returning to Macau. President of

Long weekend once again raised daily visitors average, industry recovering

The long weekend that included the public holiday of the Buddha’s Birthday Friday has contributed again to the rise of the average daily visitor figure

Visitor arrivals surge to 2.27 million in April amid travel rebound

Visitor arrivals totalled 2.27 million last month, representing an upsurge of 274.7% year-on-year and a rise of 16.2% month-on-month, data from Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) shows.

Visitor spending surges 130% as arrivals grow in Q1

Visitor spending has surged 127.1% year-on-year to MOP14.98 billion in the first quarter of 2023, driven by an uplift of 163.7% in visitor arrival numbers.

MGTO to cooperate with AirAsia and Jin Air to attract overseas tourists

The number of tourists visiting Macau has reached 60% of pre-pandemic levels, with a stable majority of tourists coming from the mainland and Hong Kong

Botticelli’s Venus is an ‘influencer’ and Italy is not happy

The Italian tourism ministry thought it had a sure-fire way to bring travelers into the country: turning a 15th century art icon into a 21st century “virtual

May Golden Week hotel occupancy reaches new high amid robust recovery

The SAR witnessed robust tourism recovery during the just-concluded five-day May Day holiday in the mainland, receiving around 300 travel groups and nearly 500,000 visitors. The

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