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The eight-day holiday of the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival has come to an end in the Chinese mainland this year. Preliminary figures show that Macao registered1.144 million visitor arrivals from 1 to 8 October 2025. Average daily visitor arrivals topped 143,000, which increased by 1.9% compared with the National Day holiday of 2024. Single-day visitor arrivals peaked at 191,000 on 4 October. Both the volumes ofaverage daily and single-day visitor arrivals in Macao reached the highest records for National Day holidaysever since there were official statistics. On the other hand, the average hotel occupancy rate topped 87.9% over this National Day holiday.
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The Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre of the Department of Portuguese, University of Macau (UM), is holding an exhibition titled ‘Voices, Glances, Memories: Commemoration of the Centenary of José Cardoso Pires’ to celebrate the centenary of the birth of José Cardoso Pires, an eminent Portuguese literary figure who reshaped the landscape of modern Portuguese literature through his incisive words and profound reflections on human nature. All are welcome to visit.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is holding mega tourism promotional events in Indonesia and Malaysia between 9 and 12 October, continuously tapping into the international markets in Southeast Asia. Kicking off in Gandaria City Mall in Jakarta today (9 October), the “Experience Macao Mega Sale” offers locals a window onto a diversity of destination appeal along with Macao tourism packages on special sale, as part of the efforts to boost visitor arrivals from Indonesia and widen international markets.
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Over the years, the “Macao International Trade & Investment Fair” (MIF) has consistently strengthened its role as a vital platform, supporting Macao’s moderate economic diversification. Compared to its inaugural edition, the exhibition scale has grown more than tenfold in recent years, with a continuously expanding global network. Bringing together participants from over 40 countries and regions this year, the “30^th Macao International Trade & Investment Fair” (30^th MIF) will be held from 22 to 25 October (Wednesday to Saturday) at Cotai Expo, The Venetian Macao, establishing itself as a premier business event in Macao and offering shared benefits of the MICE platform.
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Organized by the Sports Bureau, Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), and the General Association of Athletics of Macau (AGAM), the 2025 Galaxy Entertainment Macao International Marathon will take place on 7 December (Sunday). Registration for the marathon and half marathon will open from 9:00 a.m. on 11 October (Saturday), while registration for the mini marathon will open from 9:00 a.m. on 12 October (Sunday). Places available include 1,800 for the marathon, 4,800 for the half marathon and 5,400 for the mini marathon. Places are limited in each category, and registration will close once all spots are filled.
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On 16 September 2025, a delegation, led by Professor Luo Shaoming, Secretary of the Party Committee of Foshan University, visited the Macao University of Tourism (UTM) and was warmly welcomed by Dr. Max Zhao, Dean of the Faculty of Creative Tourism and Intelligent Technologies, and Dr. Li Xiangping, Coordinator for Tourism Business Management Programme. The two parties engaged in in-depth discussions on strengthening cooperation between the two universities and advancing the 2+2 Dual Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Tourism Management.
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The latest issue of Review of Culture celebrates the 20th anniversary of the inscription of the Historic Centre of Macao on the World Heritage List. The first article in the theme column reviews Macao’s Heritage List in 1976 and argues that without the list, the city’s historic centre could not have been recognised by UNESCO in 2005. The second essay analyses the relationship between heritage and collective and individual memory by examining the Festival of the Drunken Dragon and the philosophical concept of ‘ouroboros’. The next article presents Hong Kong-style milk tea and incense-stick crafting in Macao as two examples to emphasise how official registration helps preserve traditional practices. The focus then shifts to Praia Grande, which is currently marginalised at the edge of the Historic Centre. The last essay in the column reassesses the outcomes of the ongoing historic districts revitalisation project. The historiography section presents the ‘armação’ concept, which emerged during the Macao–Japan commercial golden era. Concluding this issue are two book reviews — one of which is about a fictional narrative work, and the other depicts the life of an influential local figure.
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With the support of the Economic and Technological Development Bureau (referred to below as the "DSEDT"), Macao's cross-border e-commerce sector, alongside representatives of Douyin Group, jointly participated in an event series, including the 11^th Bonjour Brand Forum, organized by Bonjour Brand in Paris, France from 24 to 26 September, to actively facilitate Macao's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in connecting with global resources and exploring international markets, as well as to showcase the unique cultural heritage and product appeal of Macao brands.
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