{"id":19231,"date":"2021-06-21T14:49:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=19231"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:23:09","slug":"macau-to-continue-easing-controls-with-guangdong-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-to-continue-easing-controls-with-guangdong-province","title":{"rendered":"Macau to continue easing controls with Guangdong province"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As Covid-19 cases continue to decline in Guangdong, Macau authorities are considering easing restrictions for travellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Macau authorities are considering easing restrictions<\/strong> on travellers from Guangdong amid a decline in the number of new Covid-19 cases.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau<\/a> has already announced that people coming from Shenzhen city and Maoming city<\/strong> no longer need to undergo a 14-day quarantine<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau resumed Covid-19 countermeasures<\/a> in casinos as a result of a rise in cases in the neighbouring province. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Macao News, Leong Iek Hou, Health Bureau\u2019s disease control coordinator, said the government would constantly assess the Covid-19 risk to Macau from Guangdong before deciding whether to relax its current Covid-19 restrictions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leong Iek Hou also referred to the possibility of relaxation with Hong Kong and said it would be gradually implemented with limits on the numbers of travellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Hong Kong authorities<\/a> announced that fully vaccinated travellers will only have to undergo a seven-day quarantine instead of the current 21 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, travellers must undergo a 21-day quarantine even if they are fully vaccinated. However, authorities plan to cut that to 7 days<\/strong> for some visitors. It\u2019s not yet clear when the new policy will come into effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Bloomberg, the change will depend on trials of antibody tests that are currently underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last September, Macau\u2019s chief executive, Ho Iat Seng, said the travel bubble<\/a> between Macau and Hong Kong would be possible once Hong Kong reported zero Covid-19 cases<\/strong>. As Hong Kong hasn\u2019t reported a local case since June 8<\/strong>, that criterion appears to have been reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Covid-19 cases continue to decline in Guangdong, Macau authorities are considering easing restrictions for travellers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19267,"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 authorities are considering easing travel restrictions for visitors from Guangdong, Shenzhen, and Maoming, and potentially Hong Kong, citing a decline in COVID-19 cases. This potential relaxation, including reduced quarantine periods, signals a critical step towards market recovery for the region's gaming and tourism sectors.","focusai_entities":"Macau authorities, Health Bureau, Leong Iek Hou, Ho Iat Seng, Macao News, Bloomberg","focusai_location":"Macau, Guangdong, Shenzhen, Maoming, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Projections?","query":"What are the revised Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and EBITDA projections for Macau's integrated resorts, considering a phased relaxation of travel restrictions from key feeder markets?"},{"label":"Operational Readiness Strategy?","query":"How are Macau's gaming operators adjusting their staffing, marketing spend, and operational expenditure strategies in anticipation of increased visitor volumes and potential GGR uplift?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-19231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19231","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=19231"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19268,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19231\/revisions\/19268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}