The six licensed casino operators have partnered with the permit holders to transport guests to and from Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
The main benefit is that Macau now becomes a more appealing destination for meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions (MICE).\u00a0Macau officials believe the bridge can also help their mission of making the enclave not only a leisure and tourism destination, but also a shopping hub that appeals to people of all income levels.<\/p>\n
\nMuch of the retail space in the casinos is occupied by high-end brands,” JLL Managing Director Gregory Ku told the World Property Journal <\/i>recently. “The retail offering in Macau is likely to transition more towards mass market retail … as the city tries to attract a broader range of tourists.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) says visitation is up in 2018 through the first nine months, and expects around 35 million people to travel to the enclave this year. If that total is realized, tourism would post an eight percent increase on 2017 when 32.6 million people visited the gaming hub. Mainland China accounts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":92074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Macau Government Says 35 Million People Will Visit Enclave in 2018<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n