Package tours will not resume this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- The long-awaited resumption of package tours<\/a> from mainland China to Macau will not start this weekend as expected due to new Covid-19 cases both in Macau and the neighbouring Chinese province of Guangdong. The delay was confirmed by Macau Tourist Guide Association president Angelina Wu Wai Fong<\/strong> in an interview with public broadcaster TDM’s Chinese-language radio service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Macau carried out mass Covid-19 testing<\/a> <\/strong>this week after a 58-year-old that works at a fish market and lives in Zhuhai, Guangdong, tested positive. The MGM Cotai<\/strong> integrated resort was sealed off for 48 hours<\/a> after a casino table croupier<\/strong> tested positive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Macau\u2019s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, anyone travelling inbound to Macau from several communities in ten Guangdong cities, including Guangzhou and Shenzhen, are required to undergo quarantine in a government-designated facility on arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wu Wai Fong said she is confident that package tours will resume this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Package tours will not resume this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21513,"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 anticipated resumption of mainland China package tours to Macau has been postponed due to new COVID-19 cases in Macau and Guangdong province, impacting casino operations like MGM Cotai and reinforcing strict inbound travel quarantine protocols. This delay directly affects Macau's gaming revenue recovery and operational stability for concessionaires.","focusai_entities":"Macau Tourist Guide Association, Angelina Wu Wai Fong, TDM, Macau\u2019s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, MGM Cotai","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Guangdong, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis?","query":"What is the projected GGR impact for Macau's integrated resorts for Q4 2023, considering this package tour delay and ongoing travel restrictions?"},{"label":"Operational Contingencies?","query":"What operational contingency plans are Macau's concessionaires activating to mitigate revenue shortfalls and manage staffing levels amidst prolonged travel uncertainties?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-35123","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\/35123","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=35123"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35144,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35123\/revisions\/35144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}