The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) had restarted its “Experience Macao, Unlimited” caravan roadshow across the Greater Bay Area (GBA), attracting more than 2.5 million visitors from cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau GBA to participate, so as to expand Macau’s source of tourists and boost the recovery of the local tourism industry, according to an MGTO statement on Saturday.
The final stop of the roadshow in Zhaoqing was held at the weekend, with its first post-pandemic stop in Guangzhou on February 18-19, its second stop in Jiangmen on February 25-26, its third stop in Huizhou on March 11-12, its fourth stop in Shenzhen on March 18-19, its fifth stop in Dongguan on March 25-26, its sixth stop in Foshan on April 1-2 and the statement noted.
Zhaoqing lies some 145 kilometres northwest of Macau. The city has about 1.1 million inhabitants.
The statement quoted MGTO Deputy Director Ricky Hoi Io Meng as saying that he hopes the roadshow will help Zhaoqing residents to know more about the latest tourism events and offers in Macau and to plan a trip to Macau.
During the roadshow, the statement said, a caravan was set up with an on-site interactive area featuring a photography-spot-themed background, graffiti wall, interactive exhibition hall, game booths, parent-child workshops and a light-mapping performance, covering areas of festivals, food, sport, wedding photography and leisure travel.
According to the statement, Macau’s six gaming concessionaires also set up their own booths at the roadshow, which was attended by Macau’s tourism mascot “Mak Mak” interacting with participants and for them to take photos, enabling them to experience Macau from multiple perspectives.
The statement underlined that starting this month, MGTO will continue to work with the city’s six gaming operators, mainland e-commerce platforms and online travel agencies (OTAs) to promote interaction between Macau and the GBA cities in Guangdong province, namely Dongguan, Foshan, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Zhaoqing, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai.
The roadshow, which was held in Zhuhai and Zhongshan last year, had been suspended due to the local COVID-19 outbreak last June.
This photo provided by MGTO shows roadshow visitors in Zhaoqing city in Guangdong province on Saturday. – Photo by MGTO
