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out25 Who are Macao’s three-peaters, and what do they mean for future tourism initiatives? Over a third of visitors from Hong Kong have come to Macao at least 3 times in the past 12 months, with those returning over 6 times outnumbering their mainland counterparts Innovative campaign programmes should encourage repeat visitors to explore lesser-known attractions to better distribute foot traffic more evenly, experts say https://macaonews.org/news/business/macao-three-peaters-future-tourism-initiatives-macau/ ma25   The Lunar New Year has traditionally been a boom period for Macao’s tourism sector and this year was no different, with the city welcoming some 1.3 million visitors between 28 January and 4 February. While this figure represents a slight drop of 3.5 percent year-on-year, the daily average of more than 100,000 travellers entering Macao before, during and after the festivities was   deemed   “considerable” by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO).  [ Se...

 mar25 The tally of approved tax relief granted by the Macau government to the city’s casino operators as a result of gambling by customers from overseas is “internal” information that is “not to be disclosed to the public”. That is according to the Macau casino regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), in an emailed statement in response to a GGRAsia enquiry on the topic. GGRAsia’s query had been filed to the Office of the Secretary for Economy and Finance, the Macau official charged with overseeing the local industry, and to the regulator, with the regulator being the body directed to reply. GGRAsia asked for disclosure of the total amount of tax relief granted in, respectively, 2024 and 2023, to the city’s six casino concessionaires, for their efforts in earning gaming revenue from overseas players. The local government has a policy aim of increasing the volume of overseas players, and their contribution to annual casino gross gaming revenue (GGR). Amid th...

ago25 Entre Janeiro e Julho deste ano, o total das receitas públicas da RAEM cifrou-se em cerca de 61,8 mil milhões de patacas, sendo que 86,2% deste valor era proveniente da indústria do jogo. Os dados da execução orçamental divulgados na página da Direcção dos Serviços de Finanças (DSF) mostram que os cofres públicos estão cada vez mais dependentes dos casinos. Os cofres da RAEM estão cada vez mais dependentes da indústria do jogo. Os dados actualizados na página da Direcção dos Serviços de Finanças (DSF) mostram que 86,2% das receitas correntes da Administração entre Janeiro e Julho deste ano foram provenientes dos casinos. Esta é a percentagem mais elevada dos últimos anos. Nos primeiros sete meses deste ano, o total das receitas correntes da Administração foi de 61,8 mil milhões de patacas, sendo que 53,3 mil milhões (86,2%) foram oriundos do sector do jogo. No mesmo período do ano anterior, as receitas correntes da RAEM tinham sido de 61,4 mil milhões de patacas, com as receitas ...