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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours totalled 757,000 in April 2018, up by 12.9% year-on-year and 6.2% month-to-month. Package tour visitors from Mainland China (596,000) and the Republic of Korea (50,000) grew by 12.2% and 27.8% respectively year-on-year, while those from Taiwan (53,000) surged by 57.5%. In the first four months of 2018, visitors on package tours totalled 2,885,000, up by 20.1% year-on-year.
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The SAR Government is exploring with mainland authorities ways of increasing the efficiency of the customs clearance process, in order to accommodate the greater movement of goods and higher frequency of people-to-people exchanges envisaged under the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
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In order to cope with Macao SAR Government’s policy to build Macao into a world centre of tourism and leisure, and to develop cultural tourism and creative industry, the Government launched the “Anim’Arte NAM VAN” project which officially opened on 3 June, 2016 so as to revitalise the shops in the area of the Nam Van Lakeside and Avenida Panorâmica do Lago Nam Van. Jointly managed by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Sports Bureau, the Macao Government Tourism Office and Institute for Tourism Studies, “Anim’Arte NAM VAN” transforms Nam Van Lakeside Plaza into a waterfront leisure hub with a distinct character combining creativity, leisure and dining. The project aims to provide residents and tourists with diverse tourism experience.
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The University of Macau (UM) Dance Troupe recently represented Macao at a national inter-varsity art show. The team was selected by the Department of Physical, Health and Arts Education of the Ministry of Education of China. The team received an Outstanding Composition Award and a first prize for the dance project. Michael Li, the chief instructor of the UM Dance Troupe, who is also an assistant professor from the university’s Faulty of Education (FED), received a first prize for coaching the team.
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The Macao Cultural Centre, under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, presents ARTmusing Summer workshops, a series of activities conceived to boost the creativity of both children and their families throughout the holiday season.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2018 grew by 9.2% year-on-year in real terms, higher than the 8.0% rise in the previous quarter. Economic growth in the first quarter was mainly driven by exports of services and private consumption. External demand expanded further, which pushed up total exports of services by 16.0% year-on-year, with exports of gaming services and other tourism services growing by 16.5% and 19.6% respectively; meanwhile, exports of goods went up by 12.8%. Domestic demand recovered, with private consumption expenditure and government final consumption expenditure rising by 4.8% and 2.2% respectively year-on-year; meanwhile, investment declined slightly by 1.9%. The implicit deflator of GDP, which measures the overall changes in prices, went up by 3.4% year-on-year.
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The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released results of the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages for the first quarter of 2018. Survey coverage for this quarter comprises Manufacturing; Hotels; Restaurants; Insurance; Financial Intermediation Activities; Electricity, Gas & Water Supply; Child-care and Elderly Care. This survey excludes the self-employed, as well as insurance agents and brokers not directly employed by insurance companies.
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