{"id":777002217,"date":"2023-02-08T14:08:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T17:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777002217"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:49:23","slug":"macau-allocates-us22-3m-to-promote-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-allocates-us22-3m-to-promote-tourism","title":{"rendered":"Macau allocates US$22.3m to promote tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in Macau want to promote package tours to attract more tourists to the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Cheng Wai Tong, the deputy director of the <strong>Macau Government Tourism Office <\/strong>(MGTO), has revealed plans to spend MOP180m (US$22.3m) on package tour promotions, which will include subsidies for tourists from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It offered 120,000 air tickets last week, which will be accompanied by subsidies for mainland Chinese tourists who stay more than one night. Visitors from Guangdong will receive US$19 per night and those from outside Guangdong will receive between US$31 and US$49 per night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MGTO is considering extending the subsidy to visitors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere, possibly at US$43 for one night and US$62 for two nights.&nbsp; The short-term promotion will last as long as the budget allows and will involve partnerships with online travel platforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheng stressed the need for government support for the tourism industry after the pandemic.&nbsp;Authorities are discussing the possibility of increasing Air Macau&#8217;s international flight frequencies and offering more tourism products in the historic centre of Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Package tours from mainland China to Macau&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-package-tours-from-mainland-china-to-resume\" target=\"_blank\">resumed on February 6<\/a>. Lei Wai Nong, Macau\u2019s secretary for economy and finance, said the move will \u201cgive a significant boost\u201d to the city\u2019s tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-ggr-for-first-five-days-of-february-stands-at-us235-1m\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-ggr-for-first-five-days-of-february-stands-at-us235-1m\" target=\"_blank\">Macau\u2019s casino gross gaming revenue<\/a> (GGR) for the first five days of February stands at approximately<strong>&nbsp;MOP1.9bn (US$235.1m)<\/strong>, or MOP380m per day. Analysts note a boost from post-holiday demand in the high-end mass-market and VIP segments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Macau want to promote package tours to attract more tourists to the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20789,"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 authorities are investing MOP180m (US$22.3m) in package tour promotions, including subsidies for tourists from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, to boost visitor numbers. This initiative, coupled with increased flight frequencies and new tourism products, aims to significantly enhance the city's tourism sector and has already shown a positive impact on casino Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) in early February.","focusai_entities":"Cheng Wai Tong, Macau Government Tourism Office, MGTO, Air Macau, Lei Wai Nong","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Guangdong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis?","query":"What are the projected GGR growth rates for Macau's integrated resorts, factoring in the sustained impact of these tourism subsidies and increased flight frequencies across gaming verticals?"},{"label":"Subsidy ROI & Targeting?","query":"How will the MOP180m subsidy program specifically segment and target high-value tourists to maximize GGR uplift in the VIP and premium mass segments, and what is the anticipated return on investment?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777002217","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\/777002217","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=777002217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002232,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002217\/revisions\/777002232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}