{"id":777006673,"date":"2023-06-27T06:26:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T09:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777006673"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:38:34","slug":"mgto-exploring-new-ticket-incentive-to-attract-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mgto-exploring-new-ticket-incentive-to-attract-tourists","title":{"rendered":"MGTO exploring new ticket incentive to attract tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Macau tourism chief Helena de Senna Fernandes said authorities are considering reintroducing a flight ticket discount scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.-\u00a0Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)\u00a0<\/strong>is considering launching a new flight ticket discount scheme in collaboration with various airlines. The move comes after the conclusion of the previous “buy one, get one free” campaign<\/a>\u00a0for ferry, bus, and flight tickets on June 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to MGTO director Helena de Senna Fernandes, the tourism office is exploring a new ticket incentive to attract more international tourists. No specific date has been mentioned, but Fernandes said the MGTO was working with airlines, including Cathay Pacific and Greater Bay Airlines, to participate in promotional activities in Thailand.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collaboration would involve aspects such as advertising inside the plane and other joint efforts. The goal is to encourage visitors from different cities to visit Macau through promotions with partner airlines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This initiative comes as the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) <\/strong> reported that 2,213,807 visitors arrived in Macau in May<\/a>. That\u2019s an increase of 268.5 per cent when compared to last year but down 2.6 per cent on month-on-month terms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May\u2019s figure represented 65 per cent of the tourist arrivals recorded in May 2019, prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. While\u00a0international tourist arrivals<\/a>\u00a0constituted only 4.78 per cent of the total visitors in May, their presence reflected a positive sign of Macau\u2019s ability to attract global travellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cumulative number of visitor arrivals in the first five months of 2023 rose by\u00a0205.9 per cent compared to the same period last year to 9,436,215, representing 54 per cent of the January to May period in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Macau tourism chief Helena de Senna Fernandes said authorities are considering reintroducing a flight ticket discount scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26653,"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 (MGTO) is considering reintroducing flight ticket discount schemes, collaborating with airlines like Cathay Pacific and Greater Bay Airlines, to attract more international tourists. This initiative follows the conclusion of a previous incentive program and aims to boost visitor arrivals, which, despite significant year-on-year growth, remain below pre-pandemic levels, particularly for the international segment.","focusai_entities":"Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Helena de Senna Fernandes, Cathay Pacific, Greater Bay Airlines, Statistics and Census Service (DSEC)","focusai_location":"Macau, Thailand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Uplift Projection?","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for Macau's integrated resorts if international visitor arrivals reach 2019 levels, considering the proposed flight incentives and their potential impact on non-gaming revenue streams?"},{"label":"Incentive Scheme Differentiation?","query":"How will the MGTO's new flight discount scheme differentiate from previous campaigns to ensure a higher conversion rate for long-haul international tourists, and what specific performance metrics will be tracked?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777006673","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\/777006673","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=777006673"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006685,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006673\/revisions\/777006685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777006673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}