{"id":19428,"date":"2021-06-25T10:29:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T10:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=19428"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:12:36","slug":"hk-macau-travel-bubble-plans-seem-to-fall-apart-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hk-macau-travel-bubble-plans-seem-to-fall-apart-again","title":{"rendered":"HK-Macau travel bubble plans seem to fall apart again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Plans to launch a travel bubble between Hong Kong and Macau have been halted again after a case of the Delta variant of Covid-19 was detected in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The long-awaited travel bubble between Hong Kong and Macau won&#8217;t be happening soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to media reports, Hong Kong has detected<strong>\u00a0the first local Covid-19 case of the more transmissible Delta variant<\/strong>. That&#8217;s led to <strong>180 people being quarantined<\/strong>\u00a0in the Tai Po area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities say the city will continue with plans to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-to-shorten-quarantine-to-7-days-for-vaccinated-visitors\">ease the mandatory quarantine period<\/a>\u00a0to seven days for fully vaccinated travellers. However, it means Hong Kong won&#8217;t reach the <strong>28 days without a local Covid-19 case<\/strong> that Macau set as a condition for travel bubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alvis Lo lek Long<\/strong>, Macau Health Bureau director, stated that a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hk-macau-travel-bubble-to-go-ahead-if-hk-reaches-28-covid-19-free-days\">travel bubble<\/a>\u00a0between Hong Kong and Macau could only be contemplated once Hong Kong passed\u00a0<strong>28 days without a local Covid-19 case<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities had previously said Hong Kong should reach 14 consecutive days without a new Covid-19 case to\u00a0<strong>start talks about a travel bubble<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A travel bubble between Macau and Hong Kong is vital for Macau\u2019s economic recovery as&nbsp;<strong>Hong Kong provides 10 to 15 per cent&nbsp;<\/strong>of Macau\u2019s annual casino gross gaming revenue (GGR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now,&nbsp;<strong>mainland China<\/strong>&nbsp;is the only country to have a&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/covid-19-vaccine-passports-could-speed-up-macau-tourism-recovery\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">largely quarantine-free travel bubble<\/a>&nbsp;with Macau.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to launch a travel bubble between Hong Kong and Macau have been halted again after a case of the Delta variant of Covid-19 was detected in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The proposed travel bubble between Hong Kong and Macau has been indefinitely postponed following the detection of a Delta variant case in Hong Kong. This delay prevents Hong Kong from meeting Macau's 28-day no-local-case condition, significantly impacting Macau's economic recovery and its casino Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR), as Hong Kong typically contributes 10-15% of this revenue.","focusai_entities":"Alvis Lo Iek Long, Macau Health Bureau","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Macau, Tai Po, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected quarterly GGR impact for Macau's integrated resorts given the indefinite postponement of the Hong Kong travel bubble, and how does this affect Q4 2021 and Q1 2022 forecasts?"},{"label":"Regulatory Response","query":"What contingency measures are Macau's regulatory bodies considering to mitigate the economic impact of prolonged travel restrictions on the gaming sector, beyond reliance on mainland China?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-19428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19428","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=19428"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19470,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19428\/revisions\/19470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}