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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) keeps branding Macao as a glamorous luxury travel destination. Debuting in LUXE Asia in Shanghai, Macao won the Award for Asia’s Best Luxury Destination 2026. Targeting the year-on-year surge of 84.5% in Russian visitor arrivals, over 60 luxury buyers were invited to Macao for business matching. Meanwhile, the globally-prestigious Destination Wedding Planners Congress convened in Macao for the first time. A series of strategic initiatives were rolled out to showcase Macao’s diverse “tourism +” appeal and comprehensive capabilities to high-end travelers and industry buyers worldwide, as part of the efforts to diversify the market segments.
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Aiming to deepen Macao students’ understanding of the current landscape of the innovation and technology sector and technology industries in Macao and Hengqin, as well as industry development and employment prospects, the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) and the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) co-organized two sessions of the “New Opportunities in Innovation and Technology in Macao and Hengqin – Career Planning” seminars recently, attracting nearly 350 teachers and students from 20 schools. This seminar series, now in its third year, continues the collaboration between the DSEDJ and the FDCT on the theme of innovation and technology development in Macao and Hengqin, and has received highly positive feedback from participating teachers and students every year. This reflects the growing awareness of career planning and the increasing interest in the innovation and technology sector among Macao’s secondary school students.
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The inaugural China Rock International Symposium, jointly organised by the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering and the University of Macau (UM), was held at UM. Themed ‘Intelligent Geotechnics for Resilient Coastal Cities’, the symposium brought together around 100 experts, scholars, and engineering professionals from around the world to discuss the latest research in rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering.
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In order to celebrate the International Museum Day, on 18 May, over 20 museums in Macao will jointly host the “Macao International Museum Day Carnival 2026” at the Lotus Square, Bairro da Ilha Verde, 17 May (Sunday), from 2:00pm to 6:00pm. The opening ceremony will take place at 3:00pm that afternoon. The event features performances, booth games, workshops, and an exhibition of outstanding entries from the “2026 Macao International Museum Day Joint Museums Postcard Design Contest”. All are welcome to participate. In addition, the museums will be open to the public at designated times during the month of May for free. For details, please refer to the information published by each museum.
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To celebrate “International Children’s Day” on 1 June with children, foster good citizen behaviour from a young age and deepen the public’s understanding of courteous living and city beautification, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will hold the “Civic Education Activities in Celebration of Children’s Day” from 30 May to 1 June. A series of activities will be organised for children to enjoy the festivities, and the applications for participation in the guided tour and workshop activities of the series will start this Thursday. Parents can take part in these activities together with their children in celebration of the festival.
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The Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) at the University of Macau (UM) held the Macao Humanities Forum, where Ana Maria Martins, professor and chairperson of the School Council in the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Lisbon, delivered a lecture titled ‘Saying no without “no”. Other faces of negation’. The lecture was well attended by students and faculty members.
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The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is attending the PATA Annual Summit 2026 (PAS 2026) being held in Korea, where it was bestowed with the “Long-Standing Membership Award” in recognition of its long-term support and engagement with the association in tourism development in the Asia Pacific. MGTO also took the opportunity to invite delegates to attend the PATA Travel Mart 2027 to be held in Macao.
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Macao University of Tourism (UTM) and SJM Resorts, S.A. (SJM) have jointly launched the “SJM ‘Forge My Own Journey’ Development Programme” starting this academic year. Through an innovative industry-education integration model, the programme paves a growth path that deeply combines theory and practice for students. Participants not only pursue their Bachelor’s degree at UTM but also undertake paid internships in various departments at SJM, such as Hotel Operations, Housekeeping, and Food and Beverage. This model, which integrates learning with work, aims to cultivate multi-disciplinary talents in integrated tourism and leisure industry, equipping students with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
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The Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, InvestHK, and the Macao Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (“IPIM”) jointly organised the “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area-Yangtze River Delta Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange Conference (Semiconductor and Integrated Circuit Industry Session)” in Suzhou on 8 May. The event aimed to enhance collaborative investment promotion in the Greater Bay Area and facilitate the high-quality development within the region’s industries. Highlighting the investment environment and policy advantages of the Greater Bay Area, the event attracted nearly 120 representatives from technology firms and research institutions in the Yangtze River Delta region.
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