Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), warned that the new “10 + 7” Covid-19 quarantine measures are unlikely to boost the arrival of visitors.
The Tourism Director said travelers had to stay in hotel rooms for 10 days before traveling around the city, and she believed they were willing to be quarantined for such a long time.
The new “10 + 7” arrangement starts today. Hotel quarantine for arrivals from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and abroad has lasted 14 days.
Senna Fernandez gave a lecture following a seminar on the integration and innovative development of the cultural tourism industry between Hengqin Island and Macau hosted by the Macau Tourism Institute on the Monha Campus.
Senna Fernandez said the government could increase the number of quarantine hotels from the current total of five by increasing the number of arrivals who need to be quarantined at hotels with the new “10 + 7” measures. Said to monitor.
With the introduction of Cotai’s Sheraton Grand Macao as a quarantine hotel earlier this month, Senna Fernandez expects the city’s quarantine hotel to have enough rooms to accommodate future arrivals. Said that.
After saying that the “10 + 7” arrangement is not expected to help increase visitor arrivals, Senna Fernandez said new measures need to come here for locals returning to Macau and for important reasons. He said it could benefit some other travelers.
Senna Fernandez was asked if the relaxation of immigration restrictions for visitors in neighboring areas would make Macau’s tourism industry less competitive, and the Macau government said it needed to protect its residents from Covid-19. The Department of Health added that Covid-19 measures need to be gradually relaxed. To arrive carefully.
In addition, Senna Fernandez said that only if Macau continues to implement Covid-19 measures in cooperation with mainland China can it maintain arrangements for travel without quarantine between them.
Senna Fernandez emphasized that Macau cannot rush to open the border to tourists, adding that only careful and gradual relaxation can reassure residents. She emphasized that only a responsible, step-by-step and prudent approach to opening Macau’s borders to visitors can maintain Macau’s image as a safe destination for Covid-19.
Of the 228 people affected by the pandemic, Macau is one of nine countries and regions in the world with zero new deaths from the coronavirus, Macau Post Daily reports.
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