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Spring Festival Golden Week – Visitor arrivals surged threefold year-on-year Average hotel occupancy rate reached 86%

Welcoming the arrival of the first Spring Festival Golden Week since the pandemic border measures loosened, Macao radiated the fascinating glamour of “tourism +” thoroughly. Visitor figures have surpassed the expectation. Spanning seven days (21 – 27 January 2023) in the Mainland, the Spring Festival Golden Week has come to an end. According to the preliminary statistics, Macao recorded 451,000 visitor arrivals in total during the period, remarkably up by 297.0 % over the Spring Festival Golden Week of last year. The average occupancy rate of local hotel establishments reached 85.7%.


2023 Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Rabbit fills northern district with bliss and festivity on 7th day of Lunar New Year Fireworks blossom in celebration of Renri

The 2023 Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Rabbit took place tonight, the 7th day of Lunar New Year (28 January). 18 uniquely-gorgeous floats filled the northern district with best wishes and carried on the festivity, leading residents and visitors into the community for a memorable night of Chinese New Year. The event created a stimulus for consumer spending and the community economy.




DSI calls for eligible citizens to use electronic means to apply for identification documents

In response to the increase in the number of applications for Macao SAR Resident Identity Cards and Macao SAR Travel Documents recently, the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) calls for eligible citizens to use electronic means to apply for identification documents to avoid queuing for number tickets.


“Yourpay” application – Unauthorized financial activities

The Monetary Authority of Macao (“AMCM”) is aware of the use of“Yourpay"application by the public to conduct money transfers from Macao to Indonesia, and the promotion of such application to residents in various social media platforms. AMCM alerts the public that“Yourpay"is not an authorized application for conducting any regulated financial activities in the Macao Special Administrative Region.


Employment survey for October-December 2022

Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that both the general unemployment rate (3.5%) and the unemployment rate of local residents (4.5%) for October-December 2022 decreased by 0.2 percentage points from the previous period (September-November 2022). Besides, the underemployment rate dropped by 0.4 percentage points to 3.9%.


Cultural Affairs Bureau publishes the book Memórias, Viagens e Viajantes Franceses por Macau (1609-1900) [French Memories, Travels and Travellers in Macau (1609-1900)] by Ivo Carneiro de Sousa

In order to promote the study of Macao's history, the Cultural Affairs Bureau publishes the book in Portuguese Memórias, Viagens e Viajantes Franceses por Macau (1609-1900) [French Memories, Travels and Travellers in Macau (1609-1900)] by Ivo Carneiro de Sousa.


How to Recognize Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)

How to Recognize Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)


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