Visitors to the territory over the long weekend don’t appear to have read the memo on Macao’s economic diversification.
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Average daily arrivals for the three-day Easter holiday period stand at more than 87,660 according to the latest figures.
Online booking platforms may face fines of up to MOP 100,000 for ‘aiding and abetting the provision of illegal accommodation’.
In the wake of Covid-19, guests are up 552 per cent compared to 2020, but 34 per cent less than the glory days of the year before.
Occupancy, rates and overall numbers are all moving in the right direction after a difficult year for the hospitality industry blighted by Covid-19.
Despite the city’s success in battling the epidemic, the danger of new cases still lurks, so businesses and residents must double down on precautions.
Staycations provide little aid to Macao’s 120 embattled hotels and guesthouses, as mainland visitors stay away and inbound tours grind to a halt in January.
Macau hotels hosted 3.874 million people in 2020, which corresponds to an annual drop of 72.5%.
Local residents accounted for 67.4% of hotel guests last month, a 137% year-on-year increase to 124,000.