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Historical Macau Videos

This was Macau way back in good old 1960!! So enjoy it! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRCxnx8Q5v8[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDGgt2UYnFI[/youtube]

Macau Shopping

Rua de São Paulo: More reproduction antique furniture than you can shake a stick at in shops that line both sides of this street. Either buy from the stock on show or take along a picture of a piece you want copied. Eat your heart out Pottery Barn. Haggle hard on prices. The Shoppes at Four

Archaeologists To Dig Up 4000-Year Old Macau Workshop Site

Archaeologists are planning to return to Macau to excavate up to 3000 square metres on Coloane island following the discovery of a 4000-year-old workshop at the site, according to MacauNews agency.Director of the Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tang Chung, said there was still a lot of

Shenzhen Airlines Resumes Macau-Wuxi Flights

Shenzhen Airlines resumes Macau-Wuxi flights again. The flights were suspended during the Beijing Olympic Games period due to a temporary restriction of international flights at Wuxi Airport, which is now fully operational again.In a statement released by Macau International Airport, currently Shenzhen Airlines offers a flight service that goes from Macao to Wuxi on a

Passing Through Macau’s Changing Times

It's pouring rain, the remnants of a typhoon that has just passed through, and I am standing in a Macau cemetery, thinking of the late Princess of Wales. Not that the ill-fated royal ever made it to the Asian port city but a relative of hers, a naval captain named Lord

Mainland Chinese Visitors Increases by 10.6%

The latest Macau statistics indicates that visitor arrivals totalled 2,583,372 in August 2008, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%. Visitors from Mainland China (1,488,084) and Hong Kong (757,784) rose by 10.6% and 5.2% respectively, while those from Taiwan, China (112,454) decreased by 7.0%. Same-day visitors took up 52.6% of the total arrivals, at 1,357,855. The majority of

Golden Week Not Expected to Increase Number of Tourists to Macau

Three consecutive days of Mid-Autumn holidays did not bring any increase in the number of tourists to Macau, according to Wu Keng Kuong, president of board of directors of Travel Industry Council of Macau. Mr Wu said that the number of tourists had remained similar to that of the previous year, saying that the flow of

Macau Overtakes Hong Kong's Visitors Intake

In the first quarter of the year Macau received 230,788 more visitors than Hong Kong, according to official figures from the Hong Kong tourist office obtained by Portuguese news agency Lusa. According to the same figures, between January and March 2008, Macau received 7,506,309 visitors as compared with 7,275,521 visitors to Hong Kong. The Hong Kong tourist

Bangkok Airways to Begin Macau Flights on 4 July 2008

Bangkok Airways will begin flights to Macau in July, becoming the third carrier to offer scheduled non-stop service on the fast-growing route between Bangkok and the former Portuguese colony. The Thai carrier is set to commence daily flights using a new twin engine Airbus A319, which is capable of carrying 120 passengers, on July 4. The

Macau March 2008 Visitor Arrivals Up a Whopping 25.6%

Macau visitor arrivals reached 2,713,457 in March 2008, a year-on-year increase of 25.6%. Visitors from Mainland China (1,566,179), Hong Kong (743,250) and Southeast Asia (153,921) grew by 32.4%, 11.5% and 60.4% respectively. Same-day visitors accounted for 53.2% of the total arrivals, at 1,444,785. The majority of the visitors came from Mainland China and Hong Kong, which