{"id":777013606,"date":"2024-03-01T08:35:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T11:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013606"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:28:58","slug":"new-ferry-company-to-offer-macau-cruises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-ferry-company-to-offer-macau-cruises","title":{"rendered":"New ferry company to offer Macau cruises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) says a new company will offer sightseeing routes and collaborations with local gaming operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- A new ferry company is set to join the Macau Cruise program this year. The <strong>Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)<\/strong> has not named the company but director\u00a0<strong>Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes<\/strong> said the addition would diversify the sightseeing routes available to tourists.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move comes as part of efforts to expand offerings and attract more visitors. Operating under <strong>Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management (Macau)<\/strong>, Macau Cruise currently connects the Barra Pier and the Coloane Pier in a 25-minute journey with views of the Macau peninsula and surrounding islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) is working with ferry companies and gaming operators to try to improve offerings with culturally relevant elements.\u00a0SJM Resorts has partnered with Shun Tak \u2013 China Travel\u00a0to launch the SJM x Macau Cruise from March 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-mgto-targets-33m-visitors-in-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau: MGTO targets 33m visitors in 2024<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) says a new company will offer sightseeing routes and collaborations with local gaming operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":4456,"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 expanding the Macau Cruise program with a new ferry company, aiming to diversify sightseeing routes and enhance visitor attraction through collaborations with local gaming operators. This initiative, which already includes a partnership between SJM Resorts and Shun Tak \u2013 China Travel, underscores Macau's strategic focus on non-gaming tourism diversification and integrated resort synergy.","focusai_entities":"Macao Government Tourism Office, MGTO, Macau Cruise, Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management (Macau), Marine and Water Bureau, DSAMA, SJM Resorts, Shun Tak \u2013 China Travel, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes","focusai_location":"Macau, Barra Pier, Coloane Pier, Macau peninsula","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Non-Gaming Revenue Impact?","query":"What is the projected impact of these expanded tourism offerings on the non-gaming revenue streams and overall EBITDA margins for participating integrated resort operators in Macau?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"How might the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) evolve regulatory frameworks to further incentivize cross-sector collaborations and non-gaming tourism development?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777013606","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\/777013606","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=777013606"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013636,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013606\/revisions\/777013636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}