As the summer holiday period begins, Macau appears to have returned to its pre-COVID days, with authorities frequently imposing crowd control measures in its center due to a high number of tourists.

Trip.com Group, has revealed that Tokyo, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Seoul are the most sought-after travel destinations during the ongoing Labor Day holiday in mainland China.

The Macau Public Security Police expects the number of visitors and border crossings to reach 2019 levels or exceed them by 3 percent, totaling 6 million border crossings during the Chinese New Year break.

A tale of many cities. That's what's driving the high expectations for the second-half results of Genting Berhad, with analysts at Maybank saying visitor arrivals have increased at all of its integrated resorts.

The Guangdong government has issued an alert, warning that it has recently experienced a record high volume of visa applications to Macau and Hong Kong. They are appealing to the public to avoid submitting applications during peak times, as the working system is currently experiencing overloading.

The Association of Macao Tourist Agents said on Wednesday that the first Labor Day holiday after lifting all COVID curbs had exceeded expectations.

A Macau gaming expert says that Macau's gross gaming revenues so far, particularly in March, are positive and that visitation is high, but that visitor confidence has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, making a FY23 GGR return to 2019 levels "impossible".

Macau is setting itself up for the Chinese New Year rush, expected to peak on November 24th, the third day of the annual holiday, with some 47,000 average daily tourists expected to enter the SAR.

Football passion reached fever pitch in Macao as over 4,000 roaring spectators saw a glamorous Portugal Icons side beat the GBA Flying Dragon 11 - 4 in the late afternoon on 19 May in the “In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Macao SAR: SJM Five-a-side Football Friendly: Portugal Icons vs. GBA Flying Dragon,” a marquee match presented by SJM Resorts, S.A. in collaboration with the Sports Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, supported by Macao Government Tourism Office and technically supported by the Macao Football Association.

The news that Australia’s The Star Entertainment is facing a second inquiry into whether its Sydney property can hold a casino license is “unimaginable”, considering the recent negotiations over duty rates, says expert Ben Lee.