The ferry operator aims to boost passenger numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.-\u00a0Wong Man-chung<\/strong>, business and services director at TurboJET, says the company has begun a collaboration with Macau casino operators to offer ferry-plus-show ticket packages. It aims to increase visitors on Hong Kong routes to pre-pandemic levels. It has also introduced discounts on ferry tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The daily number of TurboJET sailings has increased from 16 to 60 since it resumed operations last year. Daily sailings occur every half hour, and night sailings occur every hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\u00a0Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)<\/strong>\u00a0has said that Macau received nearly 9 million visitors during the first three months of the year. The figure was up by 80 per cent compared to the same period last year. The director of\u00a0<\/strong>the MGTO,\u00a0<\/strong>Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes<\/a>\u00a0said that based on the results, the government is on track to achieve its target of\u00a02 million overseas visitors<\/a>\u00a0this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ferry operator aims to boost passenger numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":29796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"TurboJET, a ferry operator, has initiated a collaboration with Macau casino operators to offer ferry-plus-show ticket packages, aiming to restore Hong Kong route passenger numbers to pre-pandemic levels. This initiative, alongside increased daily sailings and discounts, supports Macau's broader tourism recovery, with the Macao Government Tourism Office reporting a significant increase in Q1 visitors and progress towards its annual overseas visitor target.","focusai_entities":"Wong Man-chung, TurboJET, Macau casino operators, Macao Government Tourism Office, MGTO, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Uplift Projection?","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for Macau's integrated resorts directly attributable to this increase in visitor volume and specific package deals, and how does it impact Q2\/Q3 forecasts?"},{"label":"Tourism Diversification Impact?","query":"How do these collaborative B2B2C initiatives between transport and casino operators align with the broader government tourism diversification strategy for Macau, beyond pure gaming revenue?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777015281","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\/777015281","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=777015281"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015294,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015281\/revisions\/777015294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}