The five-day “Macao Week in Shaanxi•Xi’an” will kick off today, launching a raft of activities including presenting over 38-million-yuan worth of special travel offers covering air tickets, hotels and restaurants, in order to attract more tourists to Macau, according to a statement from the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) yesterday
The statement noted that various Macau government entities, enterprises and businesses will run different themed booths, showcasing Macau’s “tourism+” at the Zhonghe plaza in the Qujiang Heritage Park in Xi’an.
Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said in a press conference held in Xi’an yesterday that Macau has a rich variety of tourism products, and the roadshow introduces the latest tourism information to Shaanxi’s residents, expands exchanges and cooperation opportunities, and fully demonstrates the connotation of Macau as a “World Centre of Tourism and Leisure”, the statement said.
She added that she believed the roadshow would be an important milestone in tourism and economic and trade cooperation between the two places, the statement said.
MGTO also held a tourism promotion conference yesterday, during which Senna Fernandes also signed a cooperation agreement with representatives from the tourism sector in Xi’an, the statement said.
Senna Fernandes introduced the advantages and latest updates of Macau’s tourism industry, promoted exchanges between the tourism sector of Macau and Xi’an through business matching and negotiation sessions in the promotion conference, with the aim of jointly developing potential tourist sources, the statement said.
Xi’an is one of the mainland cities that benefits from the central government’s Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) since March 6 this year, enabling mainlanders to visit Hong Kong and Macau as an individual traveller.
From May 27, the number of designated mainland cities eligible for the IVS have been increased to 59.
Shaanxi Province lies around 2,033 kilometres northwest of Macau and has a population of about 40 million, while Xi’an, the capital city of Shaanxi Province, has a population of about 8,538,000.
Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes addresses a tourism promotion conference yesterday in Xi’an. – Photo: MGTO
