China News Service, Macau, October 9th (Reporter Long Tuyou) The Macau Government Tourism Office announced on the 9th that under the influence of the new coronavirus epidemic, the total number of visitors to Macau during the National Day Golden Week during the National Day of November this year exceeded 156,000. Last year’s National Day Gold Sunday average number of visitors fell by 86%.
According to preliminary statistics, visitors to Australia during the National Day Golden Week during the National Day of November are mainly from mainland China, with 145,000 visitors, accounting for 93.1%. As for visitors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, only 9614 and 93.1% are affected by epidemic prevention and other related measures. 1231 passengers; while the number of international passengers is only 13 passengers.
According to the MGTO, Macao is now a safe and easy-to-visit city under the basically stable epidemic situation in the Mainland and Macao. In addition, the Mainland has fully resumed the application of visas for residents to travel to Macao. In recent months, the number of Mainland tourists entering Macao has gradually increased, and tourism has just resumed. The average daily number of passengers in the first week of the endorsement was about 6,000, which rose to nearly 20,000 during the National Day Golden Week of this year's "11".
The MGTO stated that it will continue to promote the "Macau Heart Departure" e-preferential platform to tourists, as well as the promotional information and preferential measures of the Macau Special Administrative Region Government’s cooperation with Tencent, Alibaba, Ctrip, UnionPay International and Air Macau to attract tourists to travel in Macau and stimulate Tourism consumption will extend the time of tourists staying in Macau and promote the economic recovery of Macau.
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