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MGTO welcomes Labor Day holidays with preparatory measures
To gear up for the 1st May Labor Day holidays (29th April – 1st May) of Mainland China, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) prepared actively by carrying out a range of measures as follows: more rigorous inspections, allocation of personnel at various locations to handle enquiries and help divert the flow of visitors, sending letters of reminders to industry operators, food guide publication and supporting entities to organize festive and holiday activities, among others. The above measures aim to meet the needs of local residents and visitors and continuously optimize the tourism environment and service quality in the industry.
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Consumer Council and other departments met up to prepare for Labour Day holiday
As Labour Day holiday is approaching, consumption by citizens are expected to increase, so are the number of inbound tourists. Consumer Council held a meeting earlier with Economic Services Bureau (DSE), Macao Government Tourist Office (DST), Transport Bureau (DSAT), Judiciary Police (PJ), Public Security Police Force (PSP), Macao Custom Service, Civic and Municipal Affairs Council (IACM), Health Bureau (SS), and Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) to discuss on the protection of consumer rights for local citizens as well as inbound tourists.
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Package tours and hotel occupancy rate for March 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours rose by 12.4% year-on-year to 730,000 in March 2018, with a month-to-month increase of 19.3%. Package tour visitors from Mainland China (558,000), the Republic of Korea (50,000) and Taiwan (55,000) went up by 10.4%, 28.1% and 51.0% respectively year-on-year. In the first quarter of 2018, visitors on package tours totalled 2,144,000, up by 23.8% year-on-year.
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External merchandise trade statistics for March 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for March 2018 amounted to MOP1.03 billion, down by 3.8% year-on-year; value of re-exports (MOP879 million) decreased by 4.2%, with that of Electronic components falling by 57.4%; moreover, value of domestic exports (MOP152 million) slid by 1.7%, with that of Tobacco decreasing by 51.1%. Total merchandise import rose by 21.9% year-on-year to MOP7.68 billion, of which imports of Mobile phones, Beauty, cosmetic & skin-care products and Gold jewellery expanded by 179.2%, 64.9% and 33.7% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit in March amounted to MOP6.65 billion.
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