{"id":16858,"date":"2021-04-14T16:05:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T16:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16858"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:23:39","slug":"macau-considers-extending-tourism-incentives-to-rest-of-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-considers-extending-tourism-incentives-to-rest-of-asia","title":{"rendered":"Macau considers extending tourism incentives to rest of Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau may extend its incentive scheme for mainland Chinese tourists to other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Chief executive Ho Iat Seng has said that the government may extend the tourism incentive scheme currently open to mainland Chinese residents to the rest of Southeast Asia if the Covid-19 situation in the region improves.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macau currently offers consumption vouchers to tourists from mainland China to boost visitation, a measure it says has had some effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ho Iat Seng<\/strong> told local media that the voucher had <strong>generated &#8220;a leverage ratio of 21.82 times<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-economy-could-grow-in-2021-analysts-say\">The University of Macau forecast that Macau could see economic growth of up to 33.5 per cent<\/a>\u00a0in 2021 if tourist arrivals continue to increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO),\u00a0<strong>Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes <\/strong>said the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/covid-19-vaccine-passports-could-speed-up-macau-tourism-recovery\">easing of travel restrictions in mainland China<\/a>\u00a0had benefited Macau. The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-receives-99568-tourists-during-first-week-of-april\">city received 90,491 visitors from China in the first week of April<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macau government launches subsidised staycations for local residents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of its <strong>\u201cStay, Dine and See Macao\u201d <\/strong>initiative, the MGTO has announced that Macau residents can now sign up to book a government-subsidised staycation at\u00a0<strong>more than 70 hotels and guest houses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan grants <strong>Macau residents a MOP200 (US$25) subsidy<\/strong>\u00a0to stay at one of the hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-up-16-in-second-week-of-april\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau\u2019s gross gambling revenue reached a daily average of US$36.2m during the second week of April<\/a>, up 16 per cent from the previous week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau may extend its incentive scheme for mainland Chinese tourists to other countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau is considering extending its tourism incentive scheme, currently for mainland Chinese residents, to other Southeast Asian countries to further boost visitation. This initiative, alongside easing travel restrictions, has positively impacted visitor numbers and contributed to a projected economic growth of up to 33.5% for 2021. Concurrently, Macau's gross gambling revenue (GGR) demonstrated a 16% week-over-week increase in mid-April, reflecting a nascent recovery in the gaming vertical.","focusai_entities":"Ho Iat Seng, University of Macau, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Southeast Asia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Trajectory?","query":"What is the projected GGR recovery trajectory for Macau's gaming vertical, considering the potential expansion of tourism incentives and the current week-over-week growth?"},{"label":"Regional Market Impact?","query":"How might the extension of Macau's tourism incentive scheme to Southeast Asia impact regional gaming market competition and visitor flow dynamics?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-16858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16858"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16872,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16858\/revisions\/16872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}