Macao Expected to Be 'Dark Horse' in the Coming May Day Holidays

Macao Special Administrative Region, as Chinese mainland residents’ only outbound destination free of 14-day quarantine, continues to rise in popularity for mainland travelers, is expected to become “a dark horse” in the upcoming May Day holidays.

Release time : 2021-04-13 15:04:24

source : Global Times

2019. A single ticket from Beijing to Macao on April 30 has risen to nearly 2,800 yuan ($426), data from Trip.com Group showed. The price is a big leap from that of previous months.

Macao Government Tourism Office also said it hopes to woo more travelers from the mainland in the coming holidays and support economic recovery.

This year’s Qingming Festival saw three days of holidays from April 3 to 5, overlapping with the Easter holiday from April 2 to 6.

During the five-day holiday period, the total number of tourists visiting Macao was nearly 100,000, and tourists from the Chinese mainland accounted for 90 percent of that, data from the Macao Government Tourism Office showed.

The Chinese mainland resumed the application of permits for mainland residents to Macao on September 23 last year. Travelers to Macao will only need a COVID-19 test report, and there is no need for any 14-day quarantine.

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