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The Macao will develop to a tourism and leisure center

Macau Government Tourist Office João Manuel Costa Antunes, 19, said at a news conference, will focus on Macau in 2011 to promote quality tourism city, and raise the quality of tourism products and services to meet the state will build Macau into a “world tourism and leisure center” development strategy, continue to promote the “World Tourism and Leisure Center” image building.

Since 2008, the State promulgated the “Program for Reform and Development of the Pearl River Delta”, the Macao as “the world’s tourism and leisure center” since the Macao SAR seize strategic positioning and direction of development, focusing on promoting the construction of high-quality tourist city, improve the quality of tourism products and services . João Manuel Costa Antunes said that the central policy support, steady growth in the tourism industry of Macao in 2010. Preliminary statistics show that the year 2010 reached 24.965 million visitor arrivals Macau people, the Mainland, Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan are still the three source land, of which 20% growth in Mainland visitors, while visitors from Hong Kong increased by 11%.

In addition, India, Russia and the Middle East and other emerging markets also had a strong growth in tourist arrivals, compared with 2009, increased by 57%, 49% and 33%.

João Manuel Costa Antunes said that from the large area of view, the number of Asian visitors to Macau increased by 15%, the Americas, Europe, Africa and other parts of the tourists has accelerated. Data show that 11 months of 2010, overnight visitors in Macao for 48% of the total visitors, of which half of the tourists choose Liucheng hotel, and about 50% of visitors stay at the hotel five stars hotel. In terms of hotel occupancy, South Korea, India and Mainland visitors increased considerably.

Statistics show that in 2009 tourists in Macao amounted to 17.1 billion of total consumption, compared with 4.9% growth in 2008; and as the global economic recovery, only the first 9 months of 2010, Macau, total visitor spending amounted to 18.2 billion U.S. dollars, compared with 2009 increase of 52.2% over the same period.

Joao Manuel Costa Antunes said that the SAR tourism will deepen the “good faith Macau Tour” program, and gradually extended to other cities of Shenzhen, to attract more tourists to visit Macau. In addition, MGTO will continue to work with relevant departments to discuss the use of tourism and cultural resources, to create cultural tourism brand, so that visitors from Macau’s unique culture experience.

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