{"id":24689,"date":"2021-11-19T08:11:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T11:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24689"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:40:48","slug":"china-to-ease-travel-restrictions-with-hong-kong-from-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-to-ease-travel-restrictions-with-hong-kong-from-december","title":{"rendered":"China to ease travel restrictions with Hong Kong from December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A limited number of daily visitors will be able to enter mainland China from Hong Kong without undergoing quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

China.- The South China Morning Post newspaper has reported that two unidentified China sources have confirmed\u00a0the opening of borders between China and Hong Kong<\/strong>\u00a0from December. According to the sources, under a test programme,\u00a0one hundred people per day will be allowed<\/strong>\u00a0to enter from Hong Kong without undergoing quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reopening of the border between Hong Kong and China could be a crucial step for Macau as Hong Kong has historically accounted for 15 per cent to 20 per cent of Macau’s total gaming revenue and allowing travel without isolation could help a recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong and mainland China together account for approximately 90 per cent of Macau’s GGR<\/strong>. The border will not be further opened to international travel outside the Greater China region in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days ago,\u00a0Ho Iat Seng<\/a>, Macau\u2019s chief executive, has said the government is still negotiating with mainland China on the resumption of the e-visa programme. He said\u00a0the removal of travel barriers with Hong Kong and mainland China may happen next year<\/strong>. However, it will take more time to resume travel for foreign nationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benjamin Toh Hup Hock<\/a>, chief financial officer (CFO) at SJM Holdings Ltd, said Macau\u2019s GGR could reach 60 per cent of pre-pandemic levels if the city eases travel restrictions with Hong Kong in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he said it would be difficult to see a return of international customers before 2022 <\/strong>due to the low rate of vaccination against Covid-19 when compared to cities like Singapore. At last count, only 55.8 per cent of Macau\u2019s population has been fully vaccinated<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A limited number of daily visitors will be able to enter mainland China from Hong Kong without undergoing quarantine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18881,"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 South China Morning Post reports a limited, quarantine-free travel corridor opening between Hong Kong and mainland China from December, allowing 100 daily visitors. This development is critical for Macau's gaming sector, as Hong Kong and mainland China contribute approximately 90% of its GGR, potentially enabling a significant recovery towards 60% of pre-pandemic levels. However, a broader return of international patrons is not anticipated before 2022 due to Macau's current vaccination rates.","focusai_entities":"South China Morning Post, Ho Iat Seng, SJM Holdings Ltd, Benjamin Toh Hup Hock","focusai_location":"China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Projections","query":"How will the phased reopening of the Hong Kong-mainland China border, specifically the 100-person daily quota, impact Macau's GGR projections for Q4 2021 and H1 2022, considering the historical contribution of these markets?"},{"label":"E-visa Program Impact","query":"What are the specific timelines and conditions for the potential resumption of the e-visa program for mainland Chinese visitors to Macau, and how critical is this for achieving the projected 60% GGR recovery?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24689","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=24689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24712,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24689\/revisions\/24712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}