The 70th edition of the Macau Grand Prix attracted 145,000 spectators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- The 70th edition of the Macau Grand Prix <\/strong>attracted 145,000 spectators, according to Pun Weng Kun<\/strong>, president of the Sports Bureau. That beats the 2019 record of 86,000 attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was a peak attendance of 99,000 spectators on Thursday, while the main race on Sunday drew approximately 36,000. Officials emphasised positive outcomes for local businesses, hotels, catering and travel agencies. Each of Macau\u2019s six casino operators<\/a> contributed sponsorship of MOP20m (US$2.49m) for the annual event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Macau\u2019s Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC)<\/a> has recently reported that non-gaming spending by visitors reached MOP19.60bn (US$2.45bn) in the third quarter of the year. That\u2019s a rise of 28.9 per cent when compared to the same period in 2019 and up 12.1 per cent in quarter-on-quarter terms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a per capita basis, each tourist\u2019s average expenditure during the third quarter amounted to MOP2,366 (US$295.7), a decline of MOP244 from the April-to-June period but up 54.4 per cent when compared with the same quarter in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 70th edition of the Macau Grand Prix attracted 145,000 spectators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22443,"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 70th Macau Grand Prix attracted a record 145,000 spectators, significantly boosting local businesses. Macau's six casino operators each contributed MOP20m in sponsorship, aligning with the region's diversification strategy. This event coincides with a 28.9% increase in non-gaming visitor spending in Q3 compared to 2019, underscoring the growing importance of non-gaming verticals.","focusai_entities":"Pun Weng Kun, Macau's six casino operators, Macau's Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC), Sports Bureau","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Future Capex Allocation","query":"How will the demonstrated success of non-gaming events and visitor spending influence the capital expenditure strategies and investment priorities of Macau's concessionaires in the coming fiscal years?"},{"label":"Regulatory Diversification Incentives","query":"What specific regulatory frameworks or government incentives are currently in place, or being considered, to further encourage Macau's casino operators to expand their non-gaming vertical investments?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777011249","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\/777011249","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=777011249"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040932,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011249\/revisions\/777040932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}