Tourists travelling to Macau via Hong Kong will continue to enjoy free single-leg journeys by bus or ferry from participating carriers, said Macau\u2019s tourism boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes<\/strong>, director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has announced the extension of travel incentives for visitors, including free single-leg journeys by bus or ferry from participating carriers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tourists travelling to Macau via Hong Kong will now benefit from the deal until the end of June. The “buy one, get one” scheme<\/strong>, which had been promoted for Hong Kong residents, will also be extended. In order to qualify for the free single-leg ticket, visitors must stay at least one night in Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fernandes said that the extension of the scheme was to attract more tourists from overseas to Macau<\/a>. She also announced a new subsidy scheme for visitors on package tours, coming in from overseas places or Taiwan. Subsidies for package tours on the Chinese mainland are already available under certain conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The move comes as Macau’s daily visitor numbers have recently reached almost 100,000<\/a>. However, the volume of international visitors remains “relatively low” due to “transport constraints”, according to a colleague of Senna Fernandes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the major constraints is the limited flight frequency to Macau International Airport. Meanwhile, some international air ticket prices remain high, relative to pre-pandemic trading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Macau government had earlier said it had budgeted around MOP600m (US$74.2m) this year<\/a> to stimulate inbound tourism, including via consumer roadshows on the Chinese mainland and overseas, and subsidised promotions such as the “buy-one-get-one-free” offer on certain air tickets to the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The average daily inbound visitor volume from March 1 to 22 was approximately 65,000, a 13.4 per cent increase on February\u2019s daily average. In January<\/a> and February<\/a> combined, Macau registered almost 3 million inbound visitors, following the lifting of most Covid-19-related countermeasures in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tourists travelling to Macau via Hong Kong will continue to enjoy free single-leg journeys by bus or ferry from participating carriers, said Macau\u2019s tourism boss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26697,"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 Macao Government Tourism Office has extended several inbound tourism incentives, including free single-leg bus\/ferry journeys and a \"buy one, get one\" scheme for Hong Kong visitors, alongside new subsidies for overseas package tours. 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