In the first half of 2023, with the resumption of the implementation of the "National General Office" and other convenient policies for mainland residents to travel to Hong Kong and Macao, the Macao SAR government also seized the opportunity to increase online and offline publicity, and made every effort to explore and launch special tourism projects such as "Specialty Store Plan" and "Macao Cultural and Art Tour". It also cooperated with airlines, e-commerce platforms and online travel agencies to launch a series of preferential travel, hotels and air tickets in stages to promote the accelerated recovery of tourism.
With the favorable policies and the recovery of tourism in Macao after the epidemic, the number of inbound tourists in Macao may reach 24 million to 25 million. Macao seized the opportunity of the mainland's resumption of the team travel policy to Hong Kong and Macao, and cooperated with all parties to introduce measures such as tourism subsidies and hotel concessions to promote the recovery of tourism. Hu, chairman of the Macao Tourism Board, said that in July and August, the daily average number of tourists in Macao reached 90,000, and it is estimated that the annual number of inbound tourists will reach 24 million to 25 million, which is close to 70% of the pre-epidemic level.
With the surge in the number of mainland residents visiting Macao, Macao has returned to the most popular destination after the epidemic. The industry believes that this shows that Macao has seized the opportunity to promote the recovery of tourism. In the future, with the liberalization of tourism in other countries after the epidemic, Macao needs to seize the opportunity to consolidate the recovery of tourism.
The origin of Macao's name:
The Macao Special Administrative Region was called "oyster mirror" in ancient times, and later "oyster" became "Hao", hence the name "Hao mirror". "Oyster" is made of oysters (oysters) abundant in the beach; "Mirror" is the reason why Peninsula Bay is as flat as a mirror. Qu Dajun, a Lingnan scholar in the early Qing Dynasty, said in his "Guangdong New Language": "Good scenery ... goes to the southeast of Xiangshan 120, and the north and south bays are surrounded by seawater." The English name of Macao Special Administrative Region comes from Mazu.
When tracing the history of Mazu Pavilion, A Brief Introduction to Macau pointed out: "Tian Fei is a temple of temples, named Niangmao. Mother and mother, Fujian Tian Fei also ". Macao fishermen call Mazu "Grandma" and "Niang Ma Jiao" as "Jiao Grandma". The Portuguese landed in Niangmao. They call it Amakwa or Amakwao according to the common name of fishermen. The name was later simplified to maquao, then to Macau, and written in English as Macao.
1555 The name Macau first appeared in the Portuguese alphabet. With the expansion of Portuguese in Macao, Macao has changed from a corner of Macao to the full name of Macao. In frequent social and economic exchanges, simple and easy-to-remember place names are the easiest to spread, and the names of Macau are quickly widely accepted, while the names of Hao Jing are hidden in dusty history.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Macau