The Macao Government Tourism Office plans to introduce discounted travel packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)<\/strong> has announced that it hopes to work with counterparts in Xi’an and Qingdao to encourage tourism to Macau.\u00a0It plans to offer discount travel packages in collaboration with airlines and tour operators and to use social media influencers to promote Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The move comes after China’s State Council decided to incorporate Xi’an and Qingdao into the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS),\u00a0expanding the reach of mainland Chinese cities covered to over 50<\/a> with immediate effect. Xi’an and Qingdao each have populations of over 10 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director\u00a0Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes<\/a>\u00a0has said that Macau\u00a0expects to attract 33 million visitors this year<\/a>. The MGTO has promoted Macau in Lisbon and Jakarta and is currently taking part in a promotional roadshow in Tokyo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Macao Government Tourism Office plans to introduce discounted travel packages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19813,"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) plans to launch discounted travel packages and leverage social media influencers to boost tourism from Xi\u2019an and Qingdao, following their inclusion in China's Individual Visit Scheme (IVS). This expansion, covering over 50 mainland cities, is projected to help Macau attract 33 million visitors this year, complementing ongoing promotional roadshows in key international markets.","focusai_entities":"Macao Government Tourism Office, MGTO, China's State Council, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes","focusai_location":"Macau, Xi\u2019an, Qingdao, Lisbon, Jakarta, Tokyo","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR Forecasts?","query":"How will the expanded Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) and the Macao Government Tourism Office's (MGTO) promotional campaigns specifically influence the Q3\/Q4 GGR forecasts for Macau's integrated resort concessionaires, considering the historical visitation patterns from Xi\u2019an and Qingdao?"},{"label":"Non-Gaming Revenue Strategy?","query":"What specific non-gaming revenue diversification strategies are Macau's integrated resorts implementing to capitalize on the anticipated increase in general tourism from the newly included IVS cities, beyond traditional casino floor visitation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777013801","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\/777013801","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=777013801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013804,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013801\/revisions\/777013804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}