{"id":32353,"date":"2022-08-04T04:25:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T07:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32353"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:15:30","slug":"macau-could-see-20000-tourists-per-day-by-months-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-could-see-20000-tourists-per-day-by-months-end","title":{"rendered":"Macau could see 20,000 tourists per day by month’s end"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The tourism industry hopes to see visitors return later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- As the government of Macau has begun to\u00a0ease Covid-19 countermeasures<\/strong>, the gaming and tourism industries are hoping for a return of visitors. One official said the city could reach an average of about 20,000 tourists a day later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes after the mandatory Covid-19 quarantine protocol between Macau and Zhuhai<\/a>\u00a0was lifted yesterday (August 3). Anyone wishing to leave Macau for\u00a0Zhuhai\u00a0<\/strong>in the neighbouring province of Guangdong is now exempt from\u00a0seven-day quarantine<\/strong>. Travellers must still present a \u201cnegative\u201d Covid-19 infection certificate issued within 24 hours before their scheduled departure time and should avoid using public transport and going to crowded places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The quarantine measure was implemented after the latest outbreak of Covid-19 began in Macau on June 19. Land border crossings between Zhuhai and Macau are the main gateways for mainland Chinese tourists to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andy Wu Keng Kuong<\/strong>, president of the Macau Travel Industry Council, told Macau Business: \u201cIt is a good start to see that the quarantine requirement between Macau and Zhuhai of Guangdong has been lifted, and we expect the border measures to be further relaxed should Macau continue to report no Covid-19 cases in the community in the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No new Covid-19 cases have been reported in Macau since July 23. <\/strong>Casinos have been allowed to reopen with limited staffing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of visitors to Macau<\/a>\u00a0in the first half was down 11.8 per cent from a year ago, to nearly 3.47 million, or about 19,100 travellers per day. That figure is about 17 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tourism industry hopes to see visitors return later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21299,"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 has initiated the easing of COVID-19 countermeasures by lifting the mandatory 7-day quarantine protocol for travellers from Macau to Zhuhai. This regulatory adjustment is projected to significantly boost visitor arrivals, with expectations of reaching 20,000 tourists daily, providing a critical impetus for the gaming and tourism sectors which have experienced substantial declines in GGR and visitor volumes.","focusai_entities":"Andy Wu Keng Kuong, Macau Travel Industry Council","focusai_location":"Macau, Zhuhai, Guangdong, Hong Kong, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Projections?","query":"What are the revised GGR recovery projections for Macau's concessionaires following the easing of Zhuhai border restrictions, and how do these impact their capital expenditure plans and dividend policies?"},{"label":"Operational Scaling Challenges?","query":"What operational scaling challenges, particularly concerning staffing, supply chain logistics, and responsible gambling controls, are Macau's integrated resorts anticipating with the projected increase in visitor volumes?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-32353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32353","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=32353"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32375,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32353\/revisions\/32375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}