A new visa policy would allow tour groups to stay on the neighbouring island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- Authorities in Macau are considering a new visa policy<\/strong> that would allow tour groups visiting the city to spend their nights on the neighbouring island of Hengqin.\u00a0Huang Zhongjian<\/strong>, an official responsible for economic development in Hengqin, told local media that the matter is high on the agenda and that coordination work is in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the specifics of the policy would depend on demand in the hotel sector, the willingness of tourists and customs arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this week, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced\u00a0a series of overseas roadshows<\/a> in Seoul, Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur between late April and June. The roadshows are part of a strategy to boost international tourism arrivals. The MGTO has said that the city aims to attract\u00a0around 2 million visitors<\/a> from outside of China this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new visa policy would allow tour groups to stay on the neighbouring island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21776,"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 authorities are evaluating a new visa policy to permit tour groups visiting the city to lodge on Hengqin island, a move aimed at optimizing tourism infrastructure and visitor flow. Concurrently, the Macao Government Tourism Office is launching international roadshows across Asia to attract 2 million non-China visitors this year, signaling a strategic pivot towards diversifying tourism source markets and enhancing non-gaming revenue streams.","focusai_entities":"Huang Zhongjian, Macao Government Tourism Office, MGTO","focusai_location":"Macau, Hengqin, Seoul, Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Hengqin visa policy impact","query":"What are the projected GGR and non-gaming revenue uplift implications for Macau's integrated resorts if the Hengqin visa policy is implemented, considering potential shifts in visitor spending patterns and hotel sector demand?"},{"label":"International visitor strategy","query":"How will the Macao Government Tourism Office's international roadshows and the 2 million non-China visitor target influence the competitive landscape for player acquisition and marketing spend among Macau's casino operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777014640","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\/777014640","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=777014640"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014671,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014640\/revisions\/777014671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}