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According to the Macau Government Tourism Office’s (MGTO) data plus website, Macau had recorded a 23.6 percent increase in total visitor arrivals compared to last year as of yesterday, the 6th day of the Chinese New Year’s (CNY) Golden Week.The Chinese New Year of the Tiger’s Golden Week, which began last Monday, ends today.From January 31 to yesterday, a total of 95,696 visitor arrivals were recorded, with a daily average of 15,949, a 23.2 percent increase from last year’s CNY Golden

Macau International Airport welcomed over 76,000 passengers during the Chinese New Year from January 22-29 (the first to the eighth day of the Lunar Year), an 80 percent surge compared with the corresponding holiday period last year, Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM) said in a statement yesterday.The statement noted that flight movements increased by 47 percent to 620. There are currently 20 routes connecting Macau to mainland destinations such as Beijing, Changzhou, Chengdu,