Director of the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Helena de Senna Fernandes has admitted that she is not so hopeful of a high tourist arrival during the Spring Festival, expecting that it will only reach a daily number of 16,000 to 20,000 during the period.
Fernandes announced the arrival projection for Chinese New Year (CNY) yesterday in an annual media briefing held by MGTO at the Macau Science Center.
“It is a low possibility that the overall tourism arrival will exceed 200,0000 during the week of CNY holiday [from February 11 to 17]. We are expecting it to stand around or over 100,000,” Fernandes acknowledged.
The already-cautious forecast for this year’s CNY visitor…