Any attempts to curb Macau’s visitor numbers would affect the city’s international tourism image, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday.
“How could we establish such criteria? The free entry of people is a way of measuring the city’s openness and limiting certain people’s entry would impact the image of Macau,” Senna Fernandes said, adding that Macau recorded over 35 million visitor arrivals last year, a new record. In 2017, Macau recorded 32.6 million visitor arrivals.
MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes (second from left), MGTO Deputy Director Ricky Hoi Io Meng (second from right), Macau Cuisine Association President Sunny Ip (first from left) and Jacky Lam, the association’s chairman, perform the cooking show’s traditional blessing ceremony at Anim’Arte NAM VAN yesterday. Photo: MGTP
