one hundred people per day will be allowed<\/strong>\u00a0to enter from Hong Kong without undergoing quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe 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\u2019s 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\u2019s GGR<\/strong>. The border will not be further opened to international travel outside the Greater China region in the short term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Macau received a daily average of 26,655 visitors between November 12 and November 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":24750,"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 is experiencing a significant rebound in visitor arrivals, primarily from mainland China, following the lifting of local COVID-19 restrictions, with the Macau Grand Prix boosting recent numbers. The potential easing of travel between mainland China and Hong Kong from December is a critical development, as Hong Kong historically contributes a substantial portion of Macau's GGR, signaling a potential uplift for the region's gaming operators.","focusai_entities":"Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), SJM, Sands China, Galaxy Entertainment, Melco, MGM, Wynn, South China Morning Post","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Hong Kong?","query":"What is the estimated incremental GGR contribution for Macau's concessionaires from the phased reopening of the Hong Kong border, considering the historical 15-20% market share?"},{"label":"IVS Reinstatement Outlook?","query":"What are the specific regulatory and logistical prerequisites for the full reinstatement of the electronic Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) for mainland Chinese visitors, and what is the projected timeline for its implementation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-24726","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\/24726","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=24726"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24736,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24726\/revisions\/24736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}