Section: Guides

Macau Visitor Arrivals for January 2008 Up by 16.3%

Despite blistery and snowy weather conditions, Macau still managed to increase visitor arrivals to 2,371,754 in January 2008, a year-on-year increase of 16.3%. Visitors from Mainland China (1,421,782) and Southeast Asia (109,738) grew by 23.0% and 58.2% respectively, while those from Hong Kong (581,860) decreased by 3.7%. Same-day visitors accounted for 52.3% of the total

Macau Retail Sales Continues to Rise by 16%

The value of retail sales for the fourth quarter of 2007 was estimated at MOP4.2 billion (US$525 million). Retail sales of watches, clocks & jewellery took the largest share of 17% of the total, which was followed by sales of motor vehicles (13%), goods in department stores (12%), goods in supermarkets (9%) and adults' clothing

Manchester United Experience Opens at Venetian Macao

Asia's first Manchester United merchandising store opened its doors yesterday to a throng of fans and media pushing for a glimpse of retired star Ole Gunner Solskjaer. Many of the more than 150 local and Hong Kong fans waited for more than four hours for the former English Premier League star to open the first

Air Macau Launching More Scheduled Flights to Japan

Air Macau announced that it will launch scheduled flights to Fukuoka, Okinawa, Nagoya and in 2009 to Hokkaido, in Japan, following the lifting of restrictions imposed by the Japanese authorities. David Fei, the executive director of Air Macau, also said that the airline would have a daily flight to Osaka as of May and that it

Southeast Asia Visitor Arrivals to Macau Soared by 81.2%

The number of visitor arrivals to Macau reached 2,618,823 in December 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 21.1%. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong rose by 26.8% and 2.7% respectively, with those from Southeast Asia soared by 81.2%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 50.6% of the total arrivals, at 1,324,030. The majority of the visitors

CotaiJet Ferry to Sail Again Soon (Update)

Update CotaiJet to resume sailings again on 20 January 2008! See CotaiJet site for more details. There has been a court ruling that rejected an application to suspend the services. The Macau Government expects ferry services between Taipa and Hong Kong to soon resume again. A statement released today by the Maritime Administration said the ferry company

Macau Receives Record Numbers of Christmas Visitors

Again Macau breaks new records with the arrival of about 779,000 vistors during the Christmas holidays, with at least thirty thousand Hong Kong people congesting the entry ways of Macau as most of them began their Christmas holidays on Tuesday. Information from the Chinese language Macau Daily newspaper showed that the number of arrivals reached 55,000

Ticket Touts at Macau Ferries Becoming a Pest

Ticket touts are increasingly working the ferry terminals between Hong Kong and Macau, cashing in on the tourism boom in the territory that has revealed the inadequacy of ferry services. The public recently complaint about both the lack of ferries and associated ticket scalpers, when Venetian Macao held the exhibition matches between tennis stars Pete Sampras

Macau Visitor Arrivals Hits Another Record for November 2007

Macau continues to receive record numbers of visitors, as the number of visitor arrivals reached 2,458,120 in November 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 26.1%. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong rose by 31.2% and 10.3% respectively, with those from Southeast Asia soared by 85.4%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.1% of the total

CotaiJet's Ferry Service Suspended

It seems that the powers to be namely Dr Stanley Ho and his daughter Pansey Ho have had some success with their arguments as the Macau Government has suspended the CotaiJet concession to operate ferry services between Hong Kong and Taipa. Apparently the Macau Government's reasoning was rejected by the Court, after it claimed that suspension