{"id":7534,"date":"2020-06-23T22:53:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T22:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=7534"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:12:39","slug":"macau-mainland-visitors-unlikely-to-return-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-mainland-visitors-unlikely-to-return-yet","title":{"rendered":"Macau: mainland visitors unlikely to return yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, it is unlikely that visas will be issued through the individual visit scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- Macau casinos expecting mainland visitors to come back to boost gaming revenues might have to wait longer than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consultancy firm <strong><em>Bernstein Research<\/em><\/strong> reported that it is unlikely that the Chinese government will resume granting visas through the individual visit scheme (IVS) in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was expected that the system would return to normal once the Covid-19 pandemic was under control in mainland China. However, the recent second outbreak of the virus in Beijing is likely to mean the restrictions remain in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bernstein said: \u201cThe outbreak in Beijing may push back the opening of the borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile there has been some minor loosening, border crossing restrictions to visitation are still largely in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere has been no new information on when IVS visa issuances may begin. But once they start, we expect a phased approach preceded by health certifications most likely (at this stage, while we remain hopeful, we are skeptical that IVSs will resume in July).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although restrictions continue, Macau\u2019s tourism numbers showed a slight recovery in May in relation to the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Macau Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) said <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-sees-tourism-recover-slightly-in-may\" target=\"_blank\">Macau received 16,133 visitors in May<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, 99.5 per cent less that in May 2019, but up by 46.1 per cent compared to April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, it is unlikely that visas will be issued through the individual visit scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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 resumption of Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) visas for Macau is likely to be delayed beyond July due to a new COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing, according to Bernstein Research. This setback will further postpone the recovery of gaming revenues for Macau casinos, despite a marginal increase in May visitor numbers compared to April.","focusai_entities":"Bernstein Research, Macau Statistics and Census Service (DSEC)","focusai_location":"Macau, Beijing, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Impact?","query":"What is the revised Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) forecast for Macau concessionaires given the extended delay in IVS visa resumption?"},{"label":"Operator Contingency Plans?","query":"How are Macau integrated resort operators adjusting their operational expenditure and capital deployment strategies in response to prolonged border restrictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[257,5980],"class_list":["post-7534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau","tag-visas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7534","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010440,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7534\/revisions\/777010440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}