The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced in a statement yesterday that it will launch a string of promotional initiatives and special offers for Hong Kong residents, including one on transportation services between Hong Kong and Macau slated to start on Friday.
MGTO, the statement noted, has partnered with several Hong Kong-Macau transportation services to launch buy-one-get-one-free offers for Hong Kong residents with free return tickets to use on another day upon purchasing a shuttle bus or ferry ticket to Macau from Friday to March 31.
The statement said that the offer aims to encourage visitors to stay overnight and longer in the city. The service operators with the special offer include Hong Kong – Macao Express, TurboJET and Cotai Water Jet, with more companies expected to join successively.
The statement added that as land and sea transport services resume operations between the two special administrative regions (SARs), 24-hour border crossing has been restored at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) checkpoint. The HZMB’s Border Checkpoint Building’s East Car Park has also resumed operations, offering free parking for Hong Kong visitors driving to the city.
Travellers from Hong Kong, which was Macau’s second-largest visitors source market prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, are “expected to invigorate the local tourism industry”, according to the statement.
In the last pre-pandemic month of December 2019, mainlanders and Hongkongers accounted for 67.9 percent and 21.2 percent of Macau’s 3.08 million visitor arrivals respectively.
In December 2019, Macau’s daily average of visitor arrivals stood at 102,780, according to Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) data.
The “preferential measures”, the statement pointed out, as well as the online and offline promotional campaign, upcoming special offers and mega-events for the Chinese New Year (CNY) will encourage Hong Kong residents to travel and spend in Macau.
Moreover, the statement added that MGTO will launch new promotional videos online and offline to welcome visitors from Hong Kong, as well as showcase festivals, events and monthly highlights.
For enquiries on the offers, visit Hong Kong – Macao Express’ website at www.tilchinalink.com/ticket.php or call 2832 2198 or (852) 2979 8778 (Hong Kong); TurboJET’s website at www.turbojet.com.hk or by calling 2855 5025 or (852) 2859 3333 (Hong Kong); and Cotai Water Jet’s website at www.cotaiwaterjet.com or call 2885 0595 or (852) 2859 1640 (Hong Kong).
More details can also be found at www.macaotourism.gov.mo/en/ or by following MGTO on WeChat.
Macau logs 35,450 visitor arrivals on Monday
Meanwhile, MGTO noted in a separate statement yesterday that the number of Macau’s visitor arrivals on Monday was 35,450, up 126.9 percent from the daily average for last year. Among them, 28,771 visitor arrivals from the mainland were recorded, representing an increase of 105.7 percent over last year’s daily average, with 5,769 visitor arrivals from Hong Kong, an increase of 308.4 percent over last year’s daily average.
This poster provided by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) yesterday promotes its special transportation offer for Hongkongers travelling between Hong Kong and Macau between this coming Friday and March 31.
