Macau September gaming revenue up 6% but short of forecasts; typhoon closures impact

Casinos endured 33-hour closure during Super Typhoon Ragasa. By Gambling Insider Key points: - September gross gaming revenue was MOP 18.29bn (US$2.3bn), which marked a 6% increase year-on-year - Accumulated revenue for the first nine months...

Weixin Reports 21% Rise in Cross-Border Payments as Holiday Travel Rebounds

Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox Visa-free access to destinations such as Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand helped boost spending by Chinese tourists, according to Weixin’s latest...

Macao police seize record-breaking cannabis haul in major airport bust

Macao’s Judiciary Police say they have successfully dismantled a significant drug trafficking operation, resulting in the largest-ever seizure of cannabis in the region. According to Hong Kong newspaper AM730, two Malaysian nationals, aged 23 and...

Macau’s Public Security Police Force anticipating 1.2 million visitor arrivals during Golden Week holiday

Macau’s Public Security Police Force expects to see over 1.2 million visitors arrive during this year’s eight-day National Day Golden Week holiday. The National Day holiday will this year be combined with the Mid-Autumn Festival, resulting in a...

Macao prepares for 1.2 million visitors during the Golden Week holiday 

Macao is expected to welcome approximately 1.2 million visitors during the 8-day National Day Golden Week break, which is scheduled between 1 and 7 October in mainland China. Speaking to the local media on Saturday, the head of the Macao...

Unveiling freedom: Muslim women tourists in the West

Travel is often about break­ing free. In this spir­it, accord­ing to Ahmed Abdel Fat­tah, West­ern des­tin­a­tions offer veiled Muslim women tour­ists a unique chance to explore who they are, chal­lenge the norms of their own soci­et­ies, and...

China’s holiday travel rush sets records

BEIJING, China, Oct 9 — Record-breaking passenger volumes have been reached as travelers return to their homes after the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday that ended on Wednesday, with both cross-regional travel and daily...

Macau govt keeps to its forecast of 39mln visitor arrivals in 2025, says MGTO director

Macau’s tourism boss said on Monday that her office still expects the city to meet its target of circa 39 million visitor arrivals in full-year 2025, a tally that would be supported by visa easing measures, implemented in January this year, for...

Traveler Accidentally Boards Wrong Hong Kong Ferry, Ends Up on Remote Island in Viral TikTok (Exclusive)

NEED TO KNOW Beri accidentally boarded the wrong Hong Kong ferry and ended up on the quiet island of Peng Chau Her TikTok of the mix-up, captioned “after 25k steps that was my last straw,” quickly went viral She tells PEOPLE she stayed calm...

Traveler Accidentally Boards Wrong Hong Kong Ferry, Ends Up on Remote Island in Viral TikTok (Exclusive) By Ashley Vega

NEED TO KNOW Beri accidentally boarded the wrong Hong Kong ferry and ended up on the quiet island of Peng Chau Her TikTok of the mix-up, captioned “after 25k steps that was my last straw,” quickly went viral She tells PEOPLE she stayed calm...

China sees 2.04 million average daily border crossings during National Day holiday, jumping 11.5% y-o-y

People enter the Lianyungang Railway Station in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 7, 2025. (Photo by Geng Yuhe/Xinhua) China recorded a total of 16.34 million border crossings during the eight-day-long National Day and Mid-Autumn...

Hong Kong & Macau Join the MICHELIN Guide’s Global Hotel Excellence with MICHELIN Key Distinctions

2,457 hotels worldwide awarded One, Two, or Three MICHELIN Keys, setting a new global benchmark for hotel excellence Debuting to the prestigious list for the first time are 18 hotels in Hong Kong & Macau (1 Three MICHELIN Keys; 6 Two MICHELIN...

NBA makes China comeback in Macau

By Joyce Zhou MACAU (Reuters) -The National Basketball Association (NBA) returned to China on Thursday for the first time since a controversial parting of ways in 2019, staging two games in Macau and announcing a multi-year partnership with...

8-day holiday showcases robust economic vitality

Visitors explore Taiping Street, one of the most popular sites in Changsha, Hunan province, on Oct 4, 2025. [Photo/VCG] BEIJING — The 2025 "super golden week", combining the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, demonstrated China's...

Mainland’s Golden Week break concludes with record visitor arrivals in Macau

The mainland’s eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival Golden Week break concluded yesterday, with Macau attracting over 1.05 million visitors, exceeding both last year’s figures and pre-pandemic levels from 2019, due to government measures...

Macau expects 1.2M visitors during National Day Golden Week

Macau is preparing to receive around 1.2 million visitors during the upcoming National Day Golden Week, with daily arrivals projected to average 150,000, according to Helena de Senna Fernandes, Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office...

China's holiday week sees strong travel, spending, highlighting vitality of consumption sector

The picture shows tourists visiting a night market in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, on October 7, 2025. Photo: VCG China's eight-day holiday week, which this year featured the unique alignment of Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day...

Macao named ‘Best BT-MICE City’ at TTG Travel Awards

Macao has been named Best BT-MICE City at the prestigious TTG Travel Awards 2025, held in Bangkok, Thailand. The long-running awards cover the Asia-Pacific region’s travel industry, while Macao’s prize was in its “Business Travel-Meetings,...

Macau poised for 1.2mln visitors in extended October Golden Week: tourism boss

Macau is likely to receive 1.2 million visitors during the eight-day Chinese-mainland holiday encompassing China’s National Day on October 1 and the lunar calendar-based Mid-Autumn Festival, which this year falls on October 6. That is according to...

Macau expects 150K daily visitors during National Day Golden Week

Macau is expected to welcome an average of 150,000 visitors per day during the upcoming eight-day National Day holiday, with the city’s annual visitor arrivals in 2025 projected to reach 39 million. The estimates were reaffirmed on Monday by Maria...