Tag: Tourism
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MGTO forecasts an average of 120,000 visitors per day during CNY
The director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes anticipates an average of 120,000 visitors to Macau per day during the ... -
Gov’t targets three million international visitors this year
Tourism authorities aim for three million international arrivals this year – a figure similar to pre-pandemic levels. Considering the 1.46 million foreign arrivals last year, three ... -
Tourism leaders hopeful ahead of 2024 and new measures
Local tourism industry association leaders Andy Wu and Paul Wong are hopeful of 2024 being a good year for Macau’s tourism sector, they said in interviews ... -
Record visitor numbers wrap 2023
The 2023 year closed with a new record for single-day visitor numbers, with 175,030 visitors entering Macau on Dec. 31, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) ... -
Ctrip: Macau among top 10 New Year destinations
Macau and Hong Kong are among the top 10 popular destinations for outbound tourism for the New Year holiday, according to Ctrip. Recently, Ctrip released the ... -
Christmas holiday arrivals exceed pre-pandemic levels
During the handover day, winter solstice and Christmas holidays, visitor arrivals in Macau reached 679,584. Provisional data shows that over 456,000 visitors traveled to Macau from ... -
Festive season outbound travel 90% of pre-pandemic levels
Outbound travel is upbeat amid the upcoming festive season, with over 100,000 daily arrivals during the period are expected. Andy Wu, chairman of the Travel Industry ... -
Economy Secretary confident in tourist arrivals reaching 28 million
The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wai Nong, is confident Macau will see 28 million tourists by year-end, given there have been over 25 million ... -
PATA to host annual summit in Macau next May
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will host its annual summit in Macau from May 15 to 17 next year, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) ... -
Ant Group confident in facilitating visitor’s transactions in Macau
Facilitating payments by six non-local QR payment platforms, Ant Group is confident that payments made by visitors to Macau will become easier. Ant Group is the ... -
Visitor arrivals in October down 16% y-o-y from pre-pandemic levels
The number of visitor arrivals to Macau continues to recover steadily with last month (October 2023) registering an increase of 19.8% month-to-month when compared with September ... -
Hong Kong’s Disneyland opens first Frozen-themed attraction, part of a $60b global expansion
Hong Kong Disneyland opened its first Frozen-themed attraction yesterday, with thousands of eager visitors turning up to experience the new rides, some lining up for hours ... -
MGTO exploring ‘Travel Around Macau’ plan to enhance cultural values
The government intends to launch a tourism initiative called “Travel Around Macau” as part of its economic diversification plan, according to Macao Government Tourism Office director ... -
September hotel occupancy drops
September hotel occupancy was at 78.6%, slightly down compared to the month prior, which was at 88.7%, during summer holidays. The number of guests of hotel ... -
Cotai hotels benefit from holidays amid gradual decline in arrivals
The eight-day National Day holiday is breaking post-pandemic records as it marks the first Golden week in three years where Chinese travelers are free to travel ... -
Golden Week visitors beat expectations
The Golden Week of the National Day holidays, which followed the mid-autumn festival holiday, has so far delivered visitor arrivals surpassing about 27% of the Macao ... -
Thailand receives the first Chinese visitors under a new visa-free policy
Top Thai officials welcomed hundreds of Chinese tourists at Bangkok’s international airport yesterday, the first day of a new visa-free entry program that officials say will ... -
Visitors total 3.22 million in August holidays
Visitors totaled 3.22 million in August, a rise of 16.7% month-on-month, as tourists flock to the region amid summer holidays, data from the Statistics and Census ... -
MGTO: Affordable hotels help invigorate traditional districts
The opening of affordable accommodation in traditional districts helps to reinvigorate them, director of Tourism Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said over the weekend. On the ... -
Tourism director shares in Beijing Macau’s experience in Tourism+
Macau will use the Tourism+ concept to attract more tourists and to encourage them to extend their stays, director of Tourism Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes ... -
MGTO promotes new direct route from HK Airport to Macau via influencers
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will promote the new cross-boundary bus service between the Hong Kong International Airport Sky Pier and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, ... -
July visitors grow 25% to nearly 2.8m
Visitor arrivals grew by 24.9% month-on-month to 2,759,544 in July, a figure that represents a surge of 28,176.9% year-on-year, mainly due to an increase in visitors ... -
Visitor expenditure surges to MOP17b in Q2
Total visitor spending (excluding gaming expenses) surged 354.6% year-on-year to MOP17.48 billion in the second quarter of 2023. Data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) ... -
China expands the number of countries for travel by its big-spending tourists
China has increased the number of countries that its big-spending tourists can visit by more than 70 following the lifting of its last COVID-19 travel restrictions. ... -
Tourism industry sees increasing number of group tours
The city currently sees about 100 tour groups arriving daily, with room for incremental growth, a local tourism group head has said. Andy Wu, president of ... -
MGTO tightens links with Indonesia, Malaysia
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has increased efforts to attract tourists from Indonesia and Malaysia, the bureau said yesterday in a statement. In the first ... -
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 sidelines of ... -
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 the ... -
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 ... -
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 almost ... -
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), Andy ... -
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. These ... -
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 ...
