{"id":777014091,"date":"2024-03-19T08:54:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T11:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014091"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:55:32","slug":"macau-casinos-urged-to-collaborate-to-promote-maritime-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casinos-urged-to-collaborate-to-promote-maritime-tourism","title":{"rendered":"Macau casinos urged to collaborate to promote maritime tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau wants to boost sea-based attractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-\u00a0<strong>Susana Wong Soi Man<\/strong>, the chief of the Marine and Water Bureau, has urged the city&#8217;s casino operators to deepen their collaborations to<strong>\u00a0promote maritime tourism<\/strong>. Speaking to Macau Business, Wong Soi Man said<strong>\u00a0there would be three maritime tourism service providers this year<\/strong>, up from two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Central to the partnerships are two annual events,\u00a0<strong>the Macao International Fireworks Display Contest<\/strong>, a longstanding tradition spanning 31 years, and\u00a0<strong>Light Up Macao<\/strong>, launched in 2015.\u00a0However, <strong>Kuok Kin<\/strong>, deputy director of the bureau, lamented the lack of investment interest in sea-based recreational activities during a recent public consultation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He attributed the reluctance to factors such as limited visitor interest and Macau&#8217;s relatively small market size, making it difficult for investors to make profitable returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Kin, in Zhuhai, maritime tourism attracts substantial numbers of participants, but in Macau, the content is few and far between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address accessibility issues for passengers, authorities introduced a pier to Barra in 2021, aiming to facilitate smoother travel experiences and further promote maritime tourism in Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casinos-urged-to-upgrade-monitoring-systems\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau casinos urged to upgrade monitoring systems<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau wants to boost sea-based attractions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's Marine and Water Bureau is actively urging casino operators to enhance collaboration in promoting maritime tourism, aiming to diversify the region's economic base beyond gaming. Despite government initiatives like new pier infrastructure and annual events, there's a noted lack of investor interest in sea-based recreational activities, attributed to limited visitor engagement and market size.","focusai_entities":"Susana Wong Soi Man, Marine and Water Bureau, Macau Business, Kuok Kin","focusai_location":"Macau, Zhuhai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Operator Capex?","query":"What specific capital expenditure commitments are Macau's concessionaires expected to make towards maritime tourism, and how will this affect their non-gaming investment targets?"},{"label":"Regulatory Incentives for Tourism?","query":"Beyond urging collaboration, what specific regulatory incentives or policy frameworks is the Macau government considering to stimulate private investment in maritime tourism?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777014091","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\/777014091","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=777014091"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014110,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014091\/revisions\/777014110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}