{"id":32469,"date":"2022-08-09T04:58:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T07:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32469"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:06:40","slug":"macau-to-require-covid-19-tests-for-those-coming-from-mainland-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-to-require-covid-19-tests-for-those-coming-from-mainland-china","title":{"rendered":"Macau to require Covid-19 tests for those coming from mainland China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The measure will come into force on August 9 and will be for all those travelling by air or sea from mainland China to Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Macau\u2019s Health Bureau<\/strong> has announced that from August 9, nucleic acid tests (NATs) will be required upon arrival and again after two days for visitors who arrive directly by air or sea from mainland China. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those arriving from Zhuhai must hold a negative Covid-19 result <\/strong>issued in the last 48 hours. People flying or sailing from anywhere else on the mainland will need a test certificate issued no more than seven days before departure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Macau Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center said that it adopted the new Covid-19 testing rules in response to “changes in the mainland’s pandemic situation.” On Monday, mainland China reported more than 800 new local cases of Covid-19. More than half of the new cases were on the southern resort island of Hainan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week ago, it was reported that\u00a0anyone wishing to leave Macau<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0Zhuhai\u00a0<\/strong>in the neighbouring province of Guangdong is exempt from\u00a0seven-day quarantine<\/strong>. Since August 6, the\u00a0quarantine requirement for visitors to Macau<\/a>\u00a0has been reduced from ten to seven days for those arriving from Hong Kong, Taiwan or overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau could see 20,000 tourists per day by month\u2019s end<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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

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

The number of visitors to Macau<\/a> in 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 measure will come into force on August 9 and will be for all those travelling by air or sea from mainland China to Macau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22428,"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's Health Bureau has implemented new COVID-19 testing requirements for arrivals from mainland China, effective August 9, while simultaneously reducing quarantine for other regions. These adjustments, alongside the lifting of quarantine between Macau and Zhuhai, are anticipated to significantly boost tourist arrivals. Projections indicate 20,000 visitors daily by month's end, which is crucial for the recovery of the gaming and tourism sectors.","focusai_entities":"Macau Health Bureau, Macau Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center, Andy Wu Keng Kuong, Macau Travel Industry Council, Macau Business","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Zhuhai, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Taiwan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.85), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Forecast","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for Macau's integrated resorts given the anticipated 20,000 daily tourist arrivals and the revised border protocols?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How might Macau's gaming regulatory compliance and governance frameworks adapt to manage the increased visitor volume and potential shifts in player demographics post-relaxation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-32469","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\/32469","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=32469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32488,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32469\/revisions\/32488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}