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The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) Wine Appreciation Club, an affiliate of the IFTM Student Union, was invited to support the 1st China-Portuguese-Speaking Countries Economic and Trade Expo (Macao) organised by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM).
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), the “China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries Film Festival” will be held from 10 to 24 November. Themed “Dresses Galore in Films”, the Film Festival will screen over 20 Chinese and Portuguese film productions at Cinematheque・Passion. Ticket sales are now open, and outreach activities will be available for the public to join.
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The Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum (GLSTF) 2023, co-hosted by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), will be held on 21-22 November at the Galaxy International Convention Center, on the theme “Connect, Cooperate and Share to Promote the Recovery of the Global Tropical Timber Market”. It is the first forestry-themed conference held in Macao.
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The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has organised a delegation of nearly 50 Macao entrepreneurs and 41 Macao exhibitors to attend the 6^th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai today (4 November), aiming to help enterprises seize the opportunity of CIIE to promote Macao’s appropriate economic diversification in line with its “1+4” appropriately diversified development strategy.
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The Macao SAR Government will ban all unmanned aircraft activities in the Macao Peninsula during the 70^th Macau Grand Prix to ensure that the event will take place in a safe environment.
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The Assessment Committee of the Quality Tourism Services Accreditation Scheme (QTSAS or the “Scheme”) convened its Annual Meeting of 2023 today (7 November) to review and approve the assessment results and the list of 331 accredited merchants in the three categories namely travel agencies, catering and retail businesses in 2023. Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) hopes that the Scheme can offer an ongoing encouragement for tourism industry operators in pursuit of higher-quality tourism services at large in Macao.
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Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) collaborated with Foshan University (FOSU) to carry out a 5-day field study with the theme of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in Foshan, Guangdong Province from 19 to 23 October, 2023. This field study was initiated by Dr. Chen Zhaoyu, Vicky from the School of Tourism Management in IFTM, and Dr. Zhongyuan Xie from School of Humanities and Education in Foshan University with the support by the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office in FOSU. FOSU is an educational partner of IFTM in Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) with offering joint Bachelor’s degree in Tourism Business Management. This time, 23 IFTM Cultural and Heritage Management Programme students and students from School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering and School of Humanities and Education in FOSU conducted the field survey to understand the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) elements and their protection and management in Foshan.
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The latest dates of posting for Christmas airmail is listed in post offices and on CTT website. The public are advised to post the mail item as early as possible.
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