Articles tagged “macau”

The Macao Government Tourism Office reported that August has been averaging over 100,000 daily visitor arrivals in the first half, higher than the expected 80,000 a day.

Outbound travel from mainland China during the Labor Day holiday period reached a three-year high this year, according to data released by travel technology company Travelport.

Macau tourism officials continue to try to narrow the gap between current visitation and 2019, announcing plans to launch “Macau Treat”, a new version of its transport subsidy that will now encompass all international visitors coming to Macau from Hong Kong, staying at least two nights.

After four years of London being on top as the five-star hotel capital of the world, they have lost that title to Macau, China. Forbes Travel Guide’s 2023 Star Awards recognized Macau as having 22 five star hotels overall.

Macau’s latest ploy to attract new visitors is an incentive scheme for foreigners that would mimic the promotional arrangement afforded to mainlanders.

Macau has received 245,000 visitors in the first four days of the first four days of the Chinese New Year/Spring Festival holiday week.

Macau’s Statistics and Census Service said the SAR saw a total of 5,700,339 visitor arrivals in 2022, down 26% year on year. The 2022 figure compares with 7.7 million arrivals in 2021 and a record 39.4 million arrivals in 2019.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at a new hotel design trend, United's deal with Mesa Air, and a rare big non-gaming deal in Macau.

Six casino companies have agreed to invest a total of $15 billion in Macau over ten years, with more than 90 percent of the money pledged to non-gaming activities.

Macau plans to reopen to tour groups from Mainland China in November, the city's government announced on Saturday.