Macao SAR Government Portal
News
Annual Press Conference of Macao Government Tourism Office March forward with the "Macao Tourism Industry Development Master Plan” Deepen Macao’s development as a Creative City of Gastronomy Participate in forging of the Greater Bay Area travel destination Foster smart tourism development
Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) held the Annual Press Conference today (23 January), indicating that total visitor arrivals to Macao went up by 9.8% to over 35.8 million in 2018, as revealed by preliminary figures. Surpassing same-day visitor arrivals for three years in a row, overnight-stay visitor arrivals surged year-on-year by 7.2% to account for 51.7% of total visitor arrivals. Looking into 2019, MGTO will march ahead to deepen Macao’s development as a Creative City of Gastronomy in tandem with the dedication to foster smart tourism and implement action plans mapped out by the Macao Tourism Industry Development Master Plan progressively, delivering the impact of the tourism industry in driving the economy and other related industries forward.
…
Visitor arrivals for December 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that number of visitor arrivals set a new monthly record of 3,569,825 in December 2018, representing a 16.9% growth year-on-year and a 9.3% rise month-to-month. Overnight visitors (1,741,267) and same-day visitors (1,828,558) increased by 6.5% and 28.9% respectively year-on-year. The average length of stay of visitors held steady at 1.2 days compared with December 2017, with that of overnight visitors rising by 0.1 day to 2.2 days and that of same-day visitors staying at 0.2 day.
…
Inauguration of the new Vice President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Chan Kai Chon
The new Vice President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), Chan Kai Chon took the oath of office today (22 January) in a ceremony presided over by the President of IC, Mok Ian Ian.
…
Consumer price index (CPI) for December 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Composite CPI in December 2018 increased by 2.94% year-on-year to 114.35, a slowdown of 0.18 percentage points from the 3.12% growth in November. The inflation rate for 2018 was 3.01%, up by 1.78 percentage points from 1.23% in 2017.
…
Secretary reviews progress of Hengqin traditional Chinese medicine facility
The Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Co-operation between Guangdong and Macao helps advance not only the overall development of Macao’s traditional Chinese medicine sector but also provides support for business expansion of companies from Macao and from the mainland.
…
UM, Tsinghua jointly train postdoctoral scholars
The University of Macau (UM) and Tsinghua University have signed an agreement on the joint training of postdoctoral scholars. According to the agreement, UM and Tsinghua will jointly fund postdoctoral programmes, with the combined strengths and resources of the two universities in certain disciplines, including engineering, materials science, information science, and life science. The two universities will collaborate in cutting-edge research and postdoctoral training, in order to promote the development of strategic scientific research in China.
…
Applications for the “2018 Subsidy Programme for the Production of Original Song Albums” end at the end of this month
The deadline for applications for the “2018 Subsidy Programme for the Production of Original Song Albums”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), is 31 January (Thursday), at 5pm. All interested parties are welcome to take this chance to apply for the Programme.
…