Gaming industry analysts are forecasting a GGR decline in October, Bernstein opining as much as a six percent decline. October 2018 benefited from a strong Golden Week, casinos winning $3.39 billion.<\/p>\n
Macau is no longer an isolated enclave largely accessible by air or water ferry from Hong Kong. The December 2018 opening of the 34-mile Hong Kong to Macau bridge slashed automobile travel time between the two SARs from four hours to 35 minutes.<\/p>\n
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Government statistics show that more people traveled to Macau on October 1 by way of the bridge than they did the outer harbor, Taipa ferry terminal, and airport. A total of 9,923 people came by way of car across the Pearl River Delta bridge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The vast majority of visitors still access Macau through the main border gate that separates the enclave from the mainland. More than 84,000 of the nearly 136,000 travelers ventured through the gate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Golden Week in Macau is off to a slow start in terms of visitor arrivals. Data supplied from the Macau Government Tourism Office reveals that on the first day of the week-long holiday, the enclave welcomed 135,897 travelers \u2013 a 3.8 percent bump on the statistics from October 1, 2018. While it’s a positive number, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":116228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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