Cheng Wai Tong has repeated that the city may reach 34 million visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- Cheng Wai Tong<\/strong>, the deputy director of the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) has repeated a forecast that the will exceed its goal of 33 million visitors for 2024<\/a>, potentially reaching 34 million by the end of December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Former Macau chief executive\u00a0Ho Iat Seng<\/a>\u00a0had made the same prediction in his speech to the Legislative Assembly on November 19. The number would remain below the 39.4 million visitors seen in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an interview with TDM Radio, Tong also said there was no data on hotel reservations for the upcoming Christmas season<\/strong>, but he expressed a positive outlook. He pointed out that Macau typically sees its highest tourist traffic in August and December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elsie Ao Ieong<\/strong>, Macau\u2019s secretary for social affairs and culture, has reported that the six districts assigned to casino operators for economic revitalisation have seen at least 1.7 million visitors for performance<\/strong>s since work began in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a Legislative Assembly session on Monday (December 2), Ao Ieong said that more than 750 arts and cultural performances have taken place<\/strong>, creating work for over 200 service providers. Over 200 cultural and creative businesses were given a platform to sell their crafts and artworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ao Ieong said that more late-night food and beverage businesses have been introduced in the Barra zone, which has been revitalised by MGM China Holdings<\/a>. The Lai Chi Vun shipyards complex, revamped by Galaxy Entertainment Group<\/a> is to see family attractions, an outdoor leisure space and a venue for performances open later this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Piers 23 and 25, assigned to Melco Resorts & Entertainment<\/a>, are undergoing renovation near the Inner Harbour while Rua da Felicidade, Wynn Macau\u2019s project<\/a>, is now fitted with canopies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cheng Wai Tong has repeated that the city may reach 34 million visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26653,"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 tourism sector is projected to exceed its 2024 visitor target, potentially reaching 34 million, driven by ongoing economic revitalisation efforts. Casino operators are playing a significant role in these non-gaming initiatives, attracting over 1.7 million visitors to designated districts through cultural and entertainment events, underscoring the government's diversification strategy and the integrated resorts' commitment to non-gaming contributions.","focusai_entities":"Cheng Wai Tong, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO), Ho Iat Seng, Elsie Ao Ieong, MGM China Holdings, Galaxy Entertainment Group, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Wynn Macau","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Non-Gaming ROI?","query":"What is the projected return on investment (ROI) for the casino operators' non-gaming revitalisation projects, and how will this impact their overall profitability and GGR contribution?"},{"label":"Diversification Impact?","query":"How do these non-gaming visitor numbers and revitalisation efforts contribute to Macau's broader economic diversification goals, and what are the long-term implications for the gaming vertical's dominance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777021250","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\/777021250","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=777021250"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777021257,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021250\/revisions\/777021257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777021250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777021250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777021250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Visitor numbers grow in Macau districts revitalised with support from casino operators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n