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The seven-day National Day holiday has come to an end in the Chinese mainland this year. Preliminary figures show that Macao registered 1.143 million visitor arrivals from 1 to 7 October 2026. Average daily visitor arrivals topped 163,000, which increased by 15.5% compared with the National Day holiday of 2025. Single-day visitor arrivals peaked at 210,000 on 4 October. Both the volumes of average daily and single-day visitor arrivals in Macao reached the highest records for National Day holidays ever since there were official statistics. On the other hand, the average hotel occupancy rate topped 91.3% over this National Day holiday.
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The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) rolled out the “Intelligent Commodity Code Enquiry System” today (8 October). By incorporating intelligent technology, the system aims to further improve the efficiency and accuracy of commodity code searches, expedite access to import and export regulations for businesses and the public, while enhancing the accessibility and user experience of statistical services.
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The Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government is the organiser of a touring exhibition in Europe themed “Macao’s Success in Realising ‘One Country, Two Systems’”. The touring exhibition is visiting Portugal, Spain, Belgium, and Switzerland. The Portugal leg of the exhibition will be staged from 12 to 22 October.
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The Government Headquarters Open Day sessions are this year being held on Saturday (10 October) and Sunday (11 October), from 9am to 6pm.
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To celebrate the Open Day of Government Headquarters of the MSAR, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at Avenida Panorâmica do Lago Nam Van, from 09:00 to 18:00 on 10^th and 11^th October 2026, to provide commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “Open Day of Government Headquarters of the MSAR”.
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To celebrate the World Post Day instituted by the Universal Postal Union, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at the Philatelic Shop of the General Post Office and the Shop of the Communications Museum on 9^th October 2026, to provide commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “World Post Day - UPU”. Opening hours are as follows:
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The Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) of the University of Macau (UM) held the Macao Humanities Forum. Liang Hualou, chair professor of neuroscience and artificial intelligence at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, delivered a lecture titled ‘Transforming Humanities and Healthcare through Artificial Intelligence’. The lecture explored the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in humanities and healthcare research and drew a large audience of faculty members and students.
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The opening ceremony of the show “Brazilian Body Beats”, by the group Barbatuques, integrated in the 38^th Macao International Music Festival (MIMF), organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), was held on 6 October at the lobby of the Macao Cultural Centre. This programme is supported by the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region and by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Federative Republic of Brazil. The Brazilian group Barbatuques uses the bodies as instruments to present an inventive performance as well as improvisation and interaction on stage.
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