Entries Categorized as 'Macau Tourism'
March 4, 2008
The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government presents the 19th Macao Arts Festival (MAF) to be held between 1 and 30 May, 2008.
Featuring more than 30 performances by artists from Israel, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Canada and South Korea, the Festival season would not be complete without the ever-present spirit of performers from Macao and Mainland China, as well. Please tell me more>>
Posted in Entertainment, Macau Arts Festival, Macau Events, Macau Tourism 
No Comments »
February 25, 2008
Despite blistery and snowy weather conditions, Macau still managed to increase visitor arrivals to 2,371,754 in January 2008, a year-on-year increase of 16.3%. Visitors from Mainland China (1,421,782) and Southeast Asia (109,738) grew by 23.0% and 58.2% respectively, while those from Hong Kong (581,860) decreased by 3.7%. Same-day visitors accounted for 52.3% of the total arrivals, at 1,240,119.
The majority of the visitors came from Mainland China and Hong Kong, which accounted for 59.9% and 24.5% of the total respectively. Among the Mainland visitors, 42.2% (600,324) travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme.
Please tell me more! »
Posted in China, Economy & Business, Macau Airport, Macau Ferry, Macau General, Macau Government, Macau Tourism, Travel No Comments »
February 23, 2008
The value of retail sales for the fourth quarter of 2007 was estimated at MOP4.2 billion (US$525 million). Retail sales of watches, clocks & jewellery took the largest share of 17% of the total, which was followed by sales of motor vehicles (13%), goods in department stores (12%), goods in supermarkets (9%) and adults’ clothing (9%).
The value of retail sales in the fourth quarter of 2007 registered an increase of 16% compared with the MOP3.6 billion in the preceding quarter. As against the MOP3.0 billion sales in the fourth quarter of 2006, the value of retail sales in this quarter grew remarkably by 40%.
Please tell me more! »
Posted in Macau News, Macau Retail, Macau Tourism, Shopping No Comments »
February 21, 2008
Asia’s first Manchester United merchandising store opened its doors yesterday to a throng of fans and media pushing for a glimpse of retired star Ole Gunner Solskjaer. Many of the more than 150 local and Hong Kong fans waited for more than four hours for the former English Premier League star to open the first floor of the almost 1,400 square metre “Manchester United Experience”.
Please tell me more! »
Posted in Cotai Strip, Macau Events, Macau Retail, Macau Tourism, Man U Experience, Venetian Macao 2 Comments »
February 17, 2008
There could be significant progress to the Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai Bridge project this year, indicated a Hong Kong businessman who is one of its initiators.
Gordon Wu told media in Hong Kong and Macau that the plan has entered into a ‘national infrastructure’ stage, and the Beijing State Council’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will head the project.
Please tell me more! »
Posted in Construction, Economy & Business, Infrastructure, Macau General, Macau Property, Macau Tourism No Comments »
February 17, 2008
Macau welcomed almost 720,000 visitors during the Chinese New Year “Golden Week” holiday (Lunar New Year Eve to 6th day of Lunar Year), a slight growth of 0.45% over the same period in 2007. More than 390,000 or 54% of the arrivals were from Mainland China, a growth of 1.03%. During the period, an average of over 13,000 hotel rooms were rented out per day, a surge of 23%.
From February 6 to 14, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) and the Provincial Tourism Administrations of Guangdong and Fujian have jointly operated the “Chinese New Year Tourism Notifying System” to ensure enjoyable holidays for visitors.
Please tell me more! »
Posted in Hotel Macau, Macau Heritage, Macau Tourism, Travel No Comments »
February 13, 2008
Considering the fact the Venetian Macao Hotel rooms were fully booked during the Chinese Lunar New Year during which the average daily room rate was US$360 compared to the US$222 average for last year, it was no surprise to hear Bill Weidner, president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands boasting “So much for the conventional wisdom that Asians will not pay top dollar for rooms under demand conditions,” .
This was followed by the news that at the end of December 2007, the total number of guest rooms available in the hotel sector increased by 3,170 (+24.4%) from a year ago to 16,148 rooms.
Please tell me more! »
Posted in Cotai Strip, Cotai Strip Hotels, Hotel Macau, Macau Tourism, Venetian Macao No Comments »
February 13, 2008
Visitor arrivals in package tours reached 431,655 in December 2007, up notably by 33.6% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China (292,812) and Taiwan, China (27,935) surged by 28.3% and 130.0% respectively compared with December 2006; however, visitors from Hong Kong (36,462) dropped by 3.4%. For the whole year of 2007, visitors arrived in package tours jumped by 44.7% over 2006 to 4,233,714.
In December 2007, the number of Macao residents travelling in package tours decreased by 5.7% year-on-year to 25,553. Mainland China, Japan and Thailand were the three most popular tour itineraries, which accounted for 79.3%, 4.7% and 4.6% of the total respectively. For the whole year of 2007, Macao residents travelling in package tours dropped by 22.1% over 2006 to 212,107.
Posted in Economy & Business, Macau General, Macau Tourism, Travel No Comments »
