Under the circumstance that the epidemic situation in Macao is basically stable, the "Macao People's Food and Accommodation Tour" hotel experience and local tour have been restarted, and interested Macao residents can take advantage of the summer vacation to enjoy the "home vacation" and stay in Macao to experience the fun of short travel. For registration details, please contact participating travel agents.
Continue to experience the local tourism features
Local tours resumed in mid-August. Each Macao resident can receive a maximum of MOP 280 local travel expenses subsidy, including catering routes in the itinerary, special arrangements have been made for small tables to be eaten separately at relevant catering establishments, and if there is no catering, the tour guide will issue a 100 MOP dining card to facilitate scattered meals.
The hotel spends summer holidays enjoying family fun
Macao residents who have not enjoyed the subsidy can seize the summer vacation to participate in the hotel experience and relax with their families. Each Macau resident is entitled to a hotel experience subsidy of MOP 200 per room, and a maximum of two Macao residents per room is available, i.e. MOP 400.
110,000 people signed up to participate in the project
This year's "Australian Food and Accommodation Tour" will be held from 29 January to 31 August 2022, suspended due to the outbreak of the epidemic in mid-June, and the hotel experience and local tours will resume registration in early August; Among them, 4,760 hotel packages have been sold for hotel experience (6-15 August), with 13,545 guests involved in the sale, and a total of 1,491 people have applied for the local tour (8-15 August).
From January to 15 August, a total of 110,522 people registered for the "Australian Food and Accommodation Tour", of which 35,579 people signed up for local tours, 74,943 guests participated in the hotel experience, and 30,683 hotel packages were sold.
Support the industry
MGTO supports the tourism industry through the "Food and Accommodation for Australians" project, which currently involves 165 travel agencies, 481 tour guides, 638 tour bus drivers and 75 hotel establishments.
MGTO is now studying the feasibility of extending the "Australian Food and Accommodation Tour" hotel experience and local tourism, and whether there are conditions to continue to promote the "Student Study" itinerary.
Strict compliance with the latest epidemic prevention guidelines
The "Macao Food and Accommodation Tour" local tour has always strictly followed the epidemic prevention measures of the Health Bureau, including wearing masks, measuring body temperature and presenting the "Macao Health Code", while those with the "Macao Health Code" of "Red Code" or "Yellow Code" are not allowed to join the tour. When entering public places and group transportation, members are required to use the Macau Health Code mobile app to scan the QR codes of each place to record the itinerary. MGTO will continue to closely monitor the development of the COVID-19 pandemic and properly arrange all activities in a timely manner in accordance with the relevant guidelines issued by the Health Bureau.
For details of "Australian Food and Accommodation Tour", please refer to the special page: https://www.macaotourism.gov.mo/zh-hant/article/subsidies/macao-tour-hotel.
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