{"id":777014575,"date":"2024-04-09T08:40:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T11:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014575"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:21:54","slug":"356803-tourists-visit-macau-during-qingming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/356803-tourists-visit-macau-during-qingming","title":{"rendered":"356,803 tourists visit Macau during Qingming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities recorded a daily average of 118,900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- The Public Security Police Force has reported that Macau received 356,803 visitors during Qingming\u00a0, the annual tomb-sweeping festival, last week. That translates to a daily average of 118,900, higher than the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)&#8217;s prediction. In 2019, the city received around 425,000 visitors during the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the MGTO has said that it plans to sponsor 10 community tourism events\u00a0during the next two Golden Weeks.\u00a0Over 540 businesses are expected to participate in the events during the Labour Day and National Day holidays, from May 1 to May 5 and October 1 to October 7 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The objective is to encourage visitors to explore Macau&#8217;s neighbourhoods and spend money. The MGTO predicts that the events will attract over 440,000 visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MGTO will hold\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mgto-to-hold-five-international-roadshows-between-april-and-june\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a series of overseas roadshows<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>between late April and June. Roadshows in Seoul, Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur aim to diversify the city&#8217;s tourist demographics and reduce its reliance on mainland Chinese visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The roadshows are part of a broader strategy by the Macao government to boost international tourism arrivals. The MGTO has said that the city aims to attract&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-government-tourism-office-expects-over-2m-overseas-visitors-in-2024\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">around 2 million foreign visitors this year<\/a>&nbsp;(from outside of China).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities recorded a daily average of 118,900.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26764,"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 recorded 356,803 visitors during the Qingming festival, exceeding official predictions, though still below 2019 levels. The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) plans community tourism events and international roadshows in Seoul, Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur to diversify visitor demographics and reduce reliance on mainland Chinese tourists, targeting 2 million foreign visitors this year.","focusai_entities":"Public Security Police Force, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)","focusai_location":"Macau, Seoul, Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.95), marketing_crm (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact","query":"What is the projected impact of these diversified tourism demographics and increased visitor volumes on Macau's Q2 and Q3 Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for concessionaires?"},{"label":"Diversification Efficacy","query":"How will the MGTO's international roadshows and community events be quantitatively measured for efficacy in achieving the 2 million foreign visitor target and reducing reliance on mainland Chinese visitation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777014575","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\/777014575","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=777014575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014582,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014575\/revisions\/777014582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}