Ho Iat Seng says city will be first port of call for groups from Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang; other regions to follow later.
National Day Golden Week
Nighttime displays will kickstart cultural and tourism activities in Hengqin for rest of year.
Tourism officials planning major events in the run-up to Christmas and promoting Macao to mainlanders via social media.
Gloomy result due to Covid-19 and sudden imposition of cross-border quarantine regulations.
Chairman Andy Wu Keng Kuong laments poor handling by government, saying industry has been worn out by two years’ pandemic.
Macao’s visitor arrivals on the first two days of the eight-day National Day Golden Week (1-2 October) fell by 87.2% year-on-year to 37,619.
Macau recorded 984,996 visitor arrivals during the mainland’s seven-day National Day Golden Week holiday.
