border restrictions imposed by Macau’s government in March. <\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThere is a ban on entry to the city for any visitor from either mainland China, Hong Kong or Taiwan who has travelled overseas in the previous 14 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The measures are intended to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Residents from either the mainland, Hong Kong or Taiwan who have been to any of the latter two places in the previous two weeks would also have to undergo a 14-day quarantine period upon arriving Macau. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overseas tourists are also barred from entering the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In April, overnight visitors (6,383) and same-day visitors (4,658) declined by more than 99.0 per cent from the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In terms of source markets, the number of mainland Chinese visitors declined by 99.6 per cent year-on-year to 10,500, with the number of those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) down 100 per cent to 87.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In April, visitors from Hong Kong (328) fell by 100 per cent from the prior-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the first four months of 2020, visitor arrivals to Macau totalled nearly 3.23million, down 76.6 per cent year-on-year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Same-day visitors (1.7million) and overnight visitors (1.53million) decreased by 77.1 per cent and 76 per cent respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visitors from mainland China (2.3million) and Hong Kong (650,196) fell by 76.5 per cent and 73.9 per cent in year-on-year terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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