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IAG JUL 2022年7月 亞博匯 47 封面故事 Hengqin could have capacity for 100,000 hotel rooms in a decade, given plans to add additional land via a series of man-made islands. 考慮到未來橫琴還有建設人工島嶼的計 劃，橫琴在未來十年內的酒店客房儲備有 望達約10萬間。 consumers still prefer Macau, where the overall consumer experience is still relatively rich. In the future, if Hengqin does go duty-free, it may also need to think about how to create tourism consumption experiences, including how to cooperate with Macau by offering tourist shopping routes with different characteristics. “And if the process of buying duty-free goods in Hengqin is cumbersome and inconvenient, or if the logistics and delivery are troublesome, then people will still prefer to go to Macau or Hong Kong.” Macau economist Edmund Loi, on the other hand, says this should not be seen as a zero-sum game between the two places. “The investment by Macau businesses in Hengqin will boost the development of the entire industrial chain in terms of capital and recruitment, which will be beneficial to all,” he said. According to Ossolinski, true integration between Macau and Hengqin will only take place 做免稅，可能也需要思考如何打造旅遊 消費的體驗，包括如何跟澳門配合，推 出各有特色的旅遊購物路線。」 「並且如果在橫琴購買免稅品的過 程繁瑣，手續不夠便利、或者物流配送 很麻煩的話，那大家肯定還是會選擇前 往港澳購物。未來在免稅條件、免稅購 物程序和相關手續等細節還要進一步完 善。」 另一方面，澳門經濟學家呂開顏 則認為，不應將此看做是兩地的零和博 弈。 「澳門的商人在橫琴投資，對於 資金的拉動、人員的招聘上，可以帶 動整條產業鏈的發展，其實對大家都 有利。」