Section: Tourism

Macau Package Tours Up a Whopping 46.1%

Macau saw 459,093 visitor arrivals in package tours in November 2007, up notably by 58.5% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China (331,741), Hong Kong (33,005) and Taiwan, China (25,183) recorded remarkable growth of 54.7%, 52.0% and 85.3% respectively compared with November 2006. In the first eleven months of 2007, visitors arrived in package tours surged by

Macau to Overtake Hong Kong as Tourist Destination

Hot on the news that Hong Kong's Disneyland is struggling financially due to a drop in the number of visitors comes the news that Macau visitor numbers is close to overtake those of Hong Kong. Hong Kong registered more than 28 million visitor arrivals, an increase of more than 10 percent on 2006 and a record.

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

Mainland Chinese Tourist Can Now Complain About Dodge Macau Tour Operators

As expected Chinese authorities will now, starting next year, to make it possible for mainland tourists to complain to home travel watchdogs to report feigned products they bought in Macau as travel authorities launched a nationwide campaign to offer "trustworthy shopping" in the city. The campaign started just days after officials from the Macau tourism bureau

Macau Government Disqualifies Brawl Tour Operator

The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) has disqualified the agency involved in the Hebei tour group incident at Hac Sa Beach from operating Macau tours. See Chinese Tourists Turn Against Tour Leaders. Director of MGTO, Mr João Manuel Costa Antunes, said at a press conference today that the agency was found to have violated clauses of

Macau Based Metis Airlines a Hoax?

The promised first Macau to Vancouver flight from locally registered Metis TransPacific Charter Airlines will not take to the sky today, confirmed the Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) yesterday. The operation has not secured the necessary operating certificate from the AAC nor has it arranged permission for a third party operator, said a spokesperson from the

Macau Package Tour Arrivals Soars by 70.8%

The number of visitor arrivals in package tours, in light of the National Day holidays, reached 369,056 in October 2007, up notably by 70.8% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China (255,675), Hong Kong (31,929) and Taiwan, China (24,117) recorded remarkable growth of 65.3%, 191.2% and 36.6% respectively compared with October 2006. In the first ten months

Macau October Visitors Up by 22.1%

Benefited from the National Day holidays, the number of visitor arrivals reached 2,430,414 in October 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 22.1%. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong rose by 28.9% and 8.1% respectively, whereas those from Taiwan, China dropped by 5.5%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.7% of the total arrivals, at 1,280,949. The