Macao sees tourism recovery during National Day holiday
2 years, 2 months ago

Macao sees tourism recovery during National Day holiday

China Daily  

People visit Ruins of St.Paul Cathedral in Macao, Oct 2, 2022.Macao saw a recovery in the tourism market during the National Day holiday thanks to its sound epidemic-containment situation and promotional festive events. China's Macao Special Administrative Region saw a recovery in the tourism market during the National Day holiday thanks to its sound epidemic-containment situation and promotional festive events. To attract mainland tourists during the week-long holiday that concluded on Friday, Macao rolled out several promotional events, including a fireworks show, new interactive devices at the Macao Grand Prix Museum, and community tours. On Oct 1, the first day of the holiday, Macao recorded a total of 37,000 visitor arrivals, the second highest daily record so far this year.

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Xi commends Macao's achievements
4 days, 1 hour ago

Xi commends Macao's achievements

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at a welcoming banquet at the Macao East Asian Games Dome on Thursday evening, the eve of the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland. "I hope that President Xi's visit to Macao and the inauguration of the sixth-term government of the Macao SAR will mark an exciting new phase in the history …

Residents brim with joy, hope during anniversary
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4 days, 1 hour ago

Residents brim with joy, hope during anniversary

China Daily  

Tourists take photos in front of the Ruins of St. Paul's in Macao on Tuesday. FENG YONGBIN/CHINA DAILY MACAO — Normally busy managing her restaurant, Macao resident Ana Maria Manhao Sou is lately occupied with an important task: choreographing a Portuguese folk dance for a gala celebrating the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to China. Xi, also general secretary of …

Three things helping Macao go fast-forward
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4 days, 1 hour ago

Three things helping Macao go fast-forward

China Daily  

The Macao Special Administrative Region is in a fast-forward development mode thanks to the "one country, two systems" policy, a framework that allows the region to be part of the whole and, at the same time, to keep its differences and transform them into advantages. There are three aspects contributing to this key driver: First, a number of singular characteristics …

Residents brim with joy, hope during anniversary
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4 days, 1 hour ago

Residents brim with joy, hope during anniversary

China Daily  

Tourists take photos in front of the Ruins of St. Paul's in Macao on Tuesday. FENG YONGBIN/CHINA DAILY MACAO — Normally busy managing her restaurant, Macao resident Ana Maria Manhao Sou is lately occupied with an important task: choreographing a Portuguese folk dance for a gala celebrating the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to China. Xi, also general secretary of …

Three things helping Macao go fast-forward
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4 days, 1 hour ago

Three things helping Macao go fast-forward

China Daily  

People walk past a celebration installation at the Senado Square in Macao, Dec 18, 2024. There are three aspects contributing to this key driver: First, a number of singular characteristics of the SAR such as its international legal personality, the low taxation regime, separate customs territory, the number and quality of its universities, the blended culture and the easy access …

Decoding a 25-year economic, social miracle
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6 days, 1 hour ago

Decoding a 25-year economic, social miracle

China Daily  

Tourists visit the Ruins of St. Paul's in Macao on Dec 17. By incorporating Macao-standard facilities and services, the project creates a seamless transition for Macao residents moving to Hengqin, said Duarte Alves, president of the general assembly of the Macanese Youth Association. "The project, paired with Hengqin's unique tax incentives and simplified procedures for cross-border business, will attract both …

Decoding a 25-year economic, social miracle
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6 days, 1 hour ago

Decoding a 25-year economic, social miracle

China Daily  

Tourists visit the Ruins of St. Paul's in Macao on Dec 17. By incorporating Macao-standard facilities and services, the project creates a seamless transition for Macao residents moving to Hengqin, said Duarte Alves, president of the general assembly of the Macanese Youth Association. "The project, paired with Hengqin's unique tax incentives and simplified procedures for cross-border business, will attract both …

Decoding a 25-year economic, social miracle
6 days, 1 hour ago

Decoding a 25-year economic, social miracle

China Daily  

Tourists visit the Ruins of St. Paul's in Macao on Dec 17. By incorporating Macao-standard facilities and services, the project creates a seamless transition for Macao residents moving to Hengqin, said Duarte Alves, president of the general assembly of the Macanese Youth Association. "The project, paired with Hengqin's unique tax incentives and simplified procedures for cross-border business, will attract both …

Scholar: Nation's support enhances Macao's platform role
1 week, 6 days ago

Scholar: Nation's support enhances Macao's platform role

China Daily  

Editor's note: This year commemorates the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland. Francisco Leandro, associate professor of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Macau, says the nation's support has enabled the Macao SAR to serve as a hub for trade, investment and cultural interactions between China and Portuguese-speaking communities. The 25th anniversary of Macao's return …

Macao govt urged to propel Chinese modernization
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Macao govt urged to propel Chinese modernization

China Daily  

Tourists check out the Macao Special Administrative Region's famous tourist spot, the Ruins of Saint Paul's, in May. ZHANG JINJIA/XINHUA Senior officials and social leaders in Macao have highlighted the city's gateway role in the nation's ongoing reform, urging the government to follow the guidance of the nation's new economic policies and reforms. The two central government officials encouraged Macao …

Festive events highlight New Year celebrations in Macao
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Festive events highlight New Year celebrations in Macao

China Daily  

Fireworks celebrating New Year's Day illuminate the Macao Tower. ZHANG JINJIA/XINHUA Festive events, such as countdown parties, performance galas and interactive community installations, lit up the New Year celebrations in Macao Special Administrative Region. The New Year countdown gig, staged for the seventh time in Macao by Jiangsu Satellite Television, again saw pop stars from home and abroad elicit screams …

Festive events highlight New Year celebrations in Macao
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Festive events highlight New Year celebrations in Macao

China Daily  

Fireworks celebrating New Year's Day illuminate the Macao Tower. ZHANG JINJIA/XINHUA Festive events, such as countdown parties, performance galas and interactive community installations, lit up the New Year celebrations in Macao Special Administrative Region. The New Year countdown gig, staged for the seventh time in Macao by Jiangsu Satellite Television, again saw pop stars from home and abroad elicit screams …

Festive events highlight New Year celebrations in Macao
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Festive events highlight New Year celebrations in Macao

China Daily  

Visitors soak up the New Year atmosphere at the Senado Square. ZHANG JINJIA/XINHUA The office says visitor arrivals in Macao kept rising in 2023 after customs clearance fully recovered, which proved Macao's attractiveness as a world tourism and leisure destination. The tourism office also joins hands with major local enterprises to present romantic and colorful, interactive light installations, illuminating the …

Festive events highlight New Year celebrations in Macao
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Festive events highlight New Year celebrations in Macao

China Daily  

Fireworks celebrating New Year's Day illuminate the Macao Tower. ZHANG JINJIA/XINHUA Festive events, such as countdown parties, performance galas and interactive community installations, lit up the New Year celebrations in Macao Special Administrative Region. The New Year countdown gig, staged for the seventh time in Macao by Jiangsu Satellite Television, again saw pop stars from home and abroad elicit screams …

Hong Kong and Macao tour searches surge
1 year, 10 months ago

Hong Kong and Macao tour searches surge

China Daily  

Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. Hong Kong and Macao tour searches tripled after the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council announced that the country will optimize its regulations on travel between the mainland and Hong Kong as well as Macao on Jan 8, domestic major online travel agency Trip.com Group reports. The agencies' group tours to …

Macao re-embraces hustle, bustle during Spring Festival
1 year, 10 months ago

Macao re-embraces hustle, bustle during Spring Festival

China Daily  

With daily inbound visitors hitting a record high in three years since the outbreak of the pandemic, the hot tourist spots in the Macao SAR had to limit crowds at peak times during the festival. With inbound travel restrictions eased, the hustle and bustle returned to China's Macao Special Administrative Region during the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New …

Macao re-embraces hustle, bustle during Spring Festival
1 year, 10 months ago

Macao re-embraces hustle, bustle during Spring Festival

China Daily  

With daily inbound visitors hitting a record high in three years since the outbreak of the pandemic, the hot tourist spots in the Macao SAR had to limit crowds at peak times during the festival. With inbound travel restrictions eased, the hustle and bustle returned to China's Macao Special Administrative Region during the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New …

Macao eases COVID rules, but tourism, casinos yet to rebound
1 year, 11 months ago

Macao eases COVID rules, but tourism, casinos yet to rebound

Associated Press  

MACAO — Only a few tourists crisscrossed the wavy black and white paving of Macao’s historic Senado Square on a recent weekday and many of the shops were shuttered. The gaming hub on China’s south coast near Hong Kong has endured some of the world’s strictest anti-virus controls for nearly three years, and a loosening of border restrictions after China …

Macao sees tourism recovery during National Day holiday
2 years, 2 months ago

Macao sees tourism recovery during National Day holiday

China Daily  

People visit Ruins of St.Paul Cathedral in Macao, Oct 2, 2022.Macao saw a recovery in the tourism market during the National Day holiday thanks to its sound epidemic-containment situation and promotional festive events. China's Macao Special Administrative Region saw a recovery in the tourism market during the National Day holiday thanks to its sound epidemic-containment situation and promotional festive events. …

Over 90,000 visitors recorded to Macao during Spring Festival holiday
3 years, 10 months ago

Over 90,000 visitors recorded to Macao during Spring Festival holiday

China Daily  

A total of 90,615 visitors arrived in Macao during the Spring Festival holiday from Feb 11 to 17, a drop of 65.3 percent year on year, the Macao Government Tourism Office said on Friday. However, on Feb 16 and 17, the number of mainland visitors entering the special administrative region rose 5.3 percent and 22.8 percent respectively year on year, …

Macao marks 21st return anniversary amid epidemic control
4 years ago

Macao marks 21st return anniversary amid epidemic control

China Daily  

Macao SAR Chief Executive Ho Iat-seng attends a reception to mark the 21st anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland on Dec 20, 2020. MACAO -- China's Macao Special Administrative Region held a series of events on Sunday to mark the 21st anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland and the establishment of the Macao SAR with epidemic control measures. …

Macao's tourism sector witnesses mild rebound during National Day holiday
4 years, 2 months ago

Macao's tourism sector witnesses mild rebound during National Day holiday

China Daily  

A fireworks show was presented in China's Macao Special Administrative Region on Oct 1, 2020 to celebrate the National Day. The tourism industry in China's Macao Special Administrative Region has welcomed the long-awaited mainland tourists during China's National Day holiday, although the tourists numbers and business performance from Thursday to Monday indicated this was a mild beginning of rebound. During …

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