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IAG MAY 2023年5月 亞博匯 21 請登錄asgam.com訂閱《亞博匯早報》 Sign up to receive IAG Breakfast Briefing at asgam.com MGTO SAYS ALMOST 5 MILLION VISITOR ARRIVALS TO MACAU IN 1Q23 旅遊局稱2023年第一季訪澳旅客近500萬人次 MACAU welcomed almost 5 million visitor arrivals in the three months to 31 March 2023 – almost as many as there were through the entirety of 2022, the Macao Government Tourism Office has revealed. According to MGTO figures, there were around 4.96 million visitors for the quarter, including 1.51 million from Hong Kong. This compares to 5.7 million visitor arrivals through all of last year and 7.7 million in 2021, although the current run-rate still lags well behind the 39.4 million arrivals in 2019. The update formed part of an announcement by the MGTO that it would continue the second phase of its “Macao Treat” special offer from 10 April to 30 June, whereby anyone who buys a bus or ferry ticket to Macau from Hong Kong and stays for at least one night is eligible to receive their return ticket for free. The first phase, which ran from 13 January to 31 March, saw 145,657 free tickets given away, including over 100,000 ferry tickets and over 45,000 bus tickets, the MGTO said. 澳門旅遊局 披露，截至2023年3月31日的三個月 內，澳門接待了近500萬遊客，幾乎與2022年全 年的遊客數量持平。 據當局提供數據，當季共錄得超過496萬人 次，當中約有151萬人次為香港旅客。去年訪澳遊 客數為570萬人次，2021年為770萬人次，但目前 遊客數仍遠低於2019年的3,940萬人次。 旅遊局同時宣佈，將於4月10日至6月30日期 間推出「賞你遊澳門」第二階段升級版優惠，期 間香港居民、訪港的台灣地區及國際旅客購買港 澳穿梭巴士車票及船票並留宿澳門至少一夜，有 機會獲得免費回程票據。 旅遊局表示，第一階段活動於1月13日至3月 31日進行，合共145,657人次享受了優惠，當中包 括超過10萬張船票及4萬5千多張車票。