{"id":20440,"date":"2021-07-19T16:26:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T16:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20440"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:28:21","slug":"macau-changes-health-code-requirements-for-chinese-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-changes-health-code-requirements-for-chinese-visitors","title":{"rendered":"Macau changes health code requirements for Chinese visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau authorities have revised the health code requirements for mainland Chinese visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The Macau government has announced<strong>\u00a0it will update its health code<\/strong>. Visitors from mainland China will have to provide new information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media reports,\u00a0<strong>the new health code will include information on vaccination status<\/strong> and whether people have previously contracted Covid-19.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities said that <strong>Macau residents and mainland Chinese residents\u2019 vaccination dates\u00a0<\/strong>will be added to the updated health code, which is required for people who want to enter Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)<\/strong>\u00a0director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes reported that the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/rise-in-macau-visitor-numbers-after-guangdong-restrictions-eased\">number of visitor arrivals to Macau<\/a>\u00a0increased by several thousand last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fernandes said she believes Macau may see an&nbsp;<strong>average nightly hotel occupancy rate of between 70 per cent to 80 per cent<\/strong>&nbsp;during the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-occupancy-rate-could-reach-80-during-summer-holiday-period\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summer holiday months<\/a>&nbsp;of July and August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MGTO hopes for an\u00a0<strong>average daily rate of 30,000 visitors<\/strong>\u00a0during the summer holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mainland China<\/strong>\u00a0will continue to be the only country to have a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/covid-19-vaccine-passports-could-speed-up-macau-tourism-recovery\">largely quarantine-free travel bubble<\/a>\u00a0with Macau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau authorities have revised the health code requirements for mainland Chinese visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17624,"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 have revised health code requirements for mainland Chinese visitors, now including vaccination status and prior Covid-19 infection data. This policy update aligns with an observed increase in visitor arrivals, with the Macao Government Tourism Office projecting 70-80% hotel occupancy and 30,000 daily visitors during the summer holiday period. Mainland China continues to be the only region with a largely quarantine-free travel bubble with Macau.","focusai_entities":"Macao Government Tourism Office, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.98), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.97), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Uplift Projections?","query":"What is the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) uplift for Macau concessionaires, segmented by gaming vertical, based on these revised visitor forecasts and anticipated hotel occupancy rates?"},{"label":"International Travel Timeline?","query":"How might this specific policy adjustment for mainland Chinese visitors influence the broader timeline and conditions for the resumption of international travel to Macau, and what are the implications for market diversification?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,158],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-20440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20440","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=20440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20460,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20440\/revisions\/20460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}