{"id":16930,"date":"2021-04-16T16:08:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T16:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16930"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:18:17","slug":"macau-expects-revenue-boost-during-golden-week-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-expects-revenue-boost-during-golden-week-holiday","title":{"rendered":"Macau expects revenue boost during Golden Week holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chinese bookings for Macau during the Golden Week holiday are increasing. Macau hopes to recover after a weak Chinese New Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has high hopes for the upcoming<strong>\u00a0Golden Week holiday, from May 1 to 5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MGTO hopes to achieve nightly occupancy of <strong>between 40 and 50 per cent<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>at Macau hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macao Government Tourism Office director&nbsp;<strong>Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes&nbsp;<\/strong>said an increase in tourist numbers during the Golden Week holiday will depend on<strong>&nbsp;a stable Covid-19 pandemic situation in China<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local media also reports that the largest online travel agency in China has seen <strong>bookings for flights to Macau rise by 20 per cent compared to 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macau currently has a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/covid-19-vaccine-passports-could-speed-up-macau-tourism-recovery\">quarantine-free travel bubble with mainland China<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, to promote domestic tourism, Macau has launched an initiative dubbed <strong>\u201cStay, Dine and See Macao\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0to let Macau residents\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-considers-extending-tourism-incentives-to-rest-of-asia\">book government-subsidised staycations at more than 70 hotels and guest houses<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese bookings for Macau during the Golden Week holiday are increasing. Macau hopes to recover after a weak Chinese New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16931,"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 anticipates a significant tourism rebound during the upcoming Golden Week holiday, targeting 40-50% hotel occupancy, contingent on a stable COVID-19 situation in mainland China. This projected recovery, evidenced by a 20% increase in flight bookings compared to 2019, is critical for the jurisdiction's gaming and hospitality sectors following a subdued Chinese New Year. The quarantine-free travel bubble with mainland China underpins these optimistic projections for increased footfall and potential GGR uplift.","focusai_entities":"Macao Government Tourism Office, MGTO, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for Macau's integrated resorts during Golden Week, assuming the 40-50% hotel occupancy target is met, and how does this compare to pre-pandemic performance metrics?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Stability","query":"How might sustained tourism recovery in Macau influence the regulatory environment for gaming operators, particularly concerning potential adjustments to licensing conditions or governance frameworks related to public health protocols?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-16930","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\/16930","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=16930"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16962,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16930\/revisions\/16962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}