The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is set to aim for five strategic focuses to accelerate the city’s tourism recovery, shooting for a target of 6 to 10 million tourist arrivals in the year of 2021, director of MGTO Helena de Senna Fernandes said in the annual media briefing yesterday.
Fernandes regards the goal as a huge feat, as “it warrants [strong promotional] efforts [by MGTO],” especially when considering the daily tourist arrival averages around 10,000 in January 2021.
She acknowledged that it is “hard” to forecast the yearly arrival for 2021 and MGTO has to be more prudent about this year’s projection, given the fickle nature of Covid-19 — as reflected in daily arrivals climbing to peaks in Christmas and…