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_2021-04-01
Analysts at UBS don’t expect the same level of travel restrictions to Macau to be in place during May’s Golden Week as it had been for February’s Lunar New Year holidays. 

_2020-10-08
The simplification of visa procedures for Chinese visitors is key to drive a more robust recovery in Macau, where this year’s Golden Week figures proved disappointing, according to a note from Bernstein Research.

_2020-10-05
A sign Beijing is once again ramping up its anti-corruption rhetoric, combined with an increased focus on capital outflows are likely to be further factors hindering recovery in Macau, analysts said.

_2020-09-25
China’s largest online travel group, Trip.com, has noted a 500 percent gain in searches for tourism products in Macau since China resumed issuing individual travel visas on Sept. 23rd, Macau Business reports. 

_2020-09-24
A Bank of America survey held in August found that only 47 percent of Mainland Chinese travellers who want to visit Macau would be willing to take a Covid-19 test, casting doubt on visitation for the upcoming Golden Week holiday. 

_2020-09-15
Hotel occupancy rates in the run up to and during the Golden Week holiday are seeing “meaningful” improvement, but average daily rates remain weak, Morgan Stanley says in a note. 

_2019-10-09
The Macau Government Tourism Office said tourist visitation over Golden Week met expectations, attributed to the inauguration of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-

_2019-10-08
VIP play was tepid through the key Golden Week holiday in Macau and is likely to remain so for the rest of the month as trade tensions pressure Mainland China’s economy, analysts at Bernstein said.

_2019-10-08
The Macau Government Tourism Office has reported a total of 906,078 visitors in the first six days of Golden Week, rising 13 percent year-on-year. 

_2019-10-03
Macau welcomed a total of 297,047 visitors during the first two days of the Golden Week holidays, according to data from the Macau Government Tourism

_2019-05-07
As part of his Golden Week travels abroad Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Keiichi Ishii visited two IRs in Macau for research purposes on May 3. Specifically, he was given tours of Melco’s City of Dreams and Wynn Palace in the...

_2018-10-09
Visitor arrivals to Macau during the October Golden Week rose 7.2 percent year-on-year, reaching 890,000 visitors, according to data released by the M

_2018-10-08
While Macau’s casinos benefited from strong visitation during Golden Week, Morgan Stanley analysts warn that weak third-quarter earnings and cuts in

_2018-09-14
The recent fall in Macau gaming stocks could swing back to a 50 percent rebound if it is anything like the slowdown of 2011/12, said Morgan Stanley an

_2017-10-09
Macau’s Golden Week saw an increase in mainland visitors, which rose 9.6 percent year-on-year. A total of 696,636 visitors came from mainland China

_2017-10-08
Shares in Macau’s casino operators listed in Hong Kong fell on Monday after figures from the key Golden Week holiday showed a “disappointing” mi

_2017-10-03
SJM chief executive Ambrose So Shu Fai said he is encouraged by the number of hotel bookings for Golden Week, expressing his wish that the increased n

_2017-09-28
Macau may see its best Golden Week holiday in years, with forecasts for Macau’s upcoming holiday looking very positive, according to a report from B

_2016-10-11
Macau’s gross gaming revenue for the first 10 days of October hit MOP 9.8 billion, implying an ADR of MOP 975 million, said Bernstein in a note on T