Tourism status of Hong Kong and Macao tourism

As the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day in 212 are linked hand in hand, stimulated by favorable conditions such as "double festivals" with eight-day extra-long holidays and self-made holidays, appreciation of RMB, exemption of minibus tolls on expressways, handling entry and exit documents for non-local residents in six mainland cities such as Shenzhen, and the increase of pilot cities for individual travel of mainland residents to Taiwan Province, tourism demand has been strongly released. In particular, the tour group to Hong Kong and Macao is in a "high fever" situation. The author learned from Huanggang entry-exit frontier inspection station that nearly 24, passengers entered and exited through Huanggang and Futian ports throughout the day, and more than 3, tour groups were released to Hong Kong and Macao. Although the two ports were crowded, they were always busy, smooth and orderly.

Macao's main income comes from tourism and gambling. In 22, the gaming industry provided more than 4% of the gross national product, while in 26, the gaming industry brought Macao 55.884 billion patacas (about 6.95 billion US dollars), an increase of 1.84 billion patacas over 25, accounting for 73% of the total fiscal revenue and 13.4% over the same period of 24. In 29, Macau introduced 23.9 billion patacas of foreign direct investment, of which gambling accounted for 7%.

Macao is positioned as a city with tourism and gambling as the leading development, and it is more convenient for mainland residents to come to Macao after the mainland launched a personal tour to Hong Kong and Macao in 23. According to the Macao Statistics and Census Bureau, the total number of inbound tourists in Macao in 26 was 219,9, up 17.6% from 25. Tourists mainly come from Chinese mainland (54.5%), Hongkong (31.6%) and Taiwan Province (6.5%). Looking forward to Macao's economy, in addition to optimizing the tourism and gambling industry, the Macao government also hopes to reposition Macao and plan to turn it into a regional tourism, conference and exhibition center and a service platform for small and medium-sized enterprises within the framework of Pan-Pearl River Delta development.

The main tourist attractions in Macau are the Eight Scenic Spots in Macau selected by eight Macao societies in 1992 and the historic city of Macau listed on the World Cultural Heritage List on July 15th, 25. Macau's gambling industry began to be legalized under the rule of Portugal in 1847. Since then, Macau has been widely known in the world as the "Monte Carlo of the East" and has become an important part of Macao's economy. In 26, Macau has surpassed Las Vegas to become the first gambling city in the world. Macau's gambling industry can be roughly divided into five categories: casino gambling, horse racing, dog racing, lottery and football betting.