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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 118 hotels & guesthouses offered accommodation services to the public in December 2021, a decrease of 1 year-on-year. Meanwhile, number of available guest rooms increased by 10.3% to 39,000. Data on hotels & guesthouses designated for medical observation and self-health monitoring were excluded in the compilation of the results. The average occupancy rate of guest rooms was 54.7%, representing a month-on-month growth of 8.2 percentage points and a year-on-year rise of 1.6 percentage points; the rate for 3-star hotels stood at 66.2%, while that for both 4-star and 5-star hotels exceeded 50%.
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Health quarantine requirements for inbound travellers of different identities.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will present the mega celebration event — “2022 Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Tiger” at the central and northern districts on the 3^rd day (3 February) and 12^th day (12 February) of Lunar New Year respectively to celebrate the Spring Festival with residents and visitors under strict compliance with the pandemic prevention measures.
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The University of Macau (UM) Centre for Macau Studies (CMS) and Department of Economics today (26 January) released the 2022 Macroeconomic Forecast for Macao, estimating that the economy will grow between 3.6% and 37.9% in 2022; exports of services will grow between 5.8% and 64.7%; and the final revenue of the Macao SAR government will remain at around MOP 51.2 billion to MOP 65.9 billion.
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Students from the Tourism Retail and Marketing Management programme engaged in an industrial project to help a group of dynamic young entrepreneurs who started a very innovative company called MacCrew. This is an eclectic lifestyle business where arts, fashion, lifestyle and F&B are merged to create an innovative space for consumers to experience. As part of the business model, sports shoes or sneakers customisation service is one of the key elements of MacCrew. Customers pay for the design and customisation service for their chosen shoes.
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Health quarantine requirements for inbound travellers of different identities.
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The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) held a book launch for the magazine Communicator 2022 · Macau Flavour, which is the graduation work of the Department of Communication. Produced by fourth-year students of the department, this magazine describes the flavours of dishes that are unique to Macao based on interviews with more than 30 ‘classic brand’ restaurants in the city.
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The Civil Aviation Authority of Macao SAR (AACM), having reviewed the mitigating actions taken by the Boeing Company to improve the systems of the B737 MAX aircraft in both the airworthiness and the operational aspects, and having analyzed the airworthiness directives published by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), accepts that the B737 MAX aircraft has met the conditions for return to service and the Authority has resumed the acceptance of the flight applications with the aircraft model.
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To ensure product quality and to enhance service quality of the industry, as well as to strengthen protection of consumers, the Consumer Council and the Macao Goldsmith’s Guild announce the “Code of Practice” for Jewellers and Goldsmiths together, retail shops that are entitled to the “Certified Shop” emblem and members of the Guild should comply with the “Code of Practice”.
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