MACAU BUSINESS
Greater China reliance As with the tourism industry, the MICE sector (meetings,
incentives, conferencing, exhibitions) in Macau also relies on the Greater China market to fetch professional visitors and exhibitors.
According to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), the 58 exhibitions held here last year welcomed nearly 116,300 professional visitors, up by 18.5 per cent from 2018. A breakdown of the demographics of the professional
event, so it is not expected there will be a speedy recovery for the MICE sector,” he said. As the MICE sector is regarded by the administration as one of the emerging sectors to diversify the economy of Macau from gaming, alongside with the traditional Chinese medicine and cultural creative segments, the government should provide support to help the recovery of the industry. Mr. Lam illustrated, for instance, that events organised by the administration should only be postponed, but not cancelled, while the authorities could also help local MICE SMEs to participate in more overseas events. “The government should strengthen its support
towards the MICE sector... allowing the sector to work hand-in-hand with other industries to overcome this hardship and to add new momentum for economic development,” he added.
visitors last year showed most were local visitors, accounting for 35.5 per cent of the total, followed by Mainland China (34.1 per cent) and Hong Kong (13 per cent) as the two next biggest sources. Professional visitors from other countries and regions made up the remainder, or 17.4 per cent, of the total. DSEC particularly noted the proportion of professional
visitors from other than Macau, Hong Kong and the Mainland was lower – 12.7 per cent – at the exhibitions organised by the government. The proportion was higher at non-governmental exhibitions at 18.3 per cent. Concerning exhibitors, the 58 exhibitions last year
welcomed 6,166 exhibitors, with 2,064 (33.5 per cent) coming from Macau, 1,846 (30 percent) from the Mainland, and 1,012 (16.4 percent) from Hong Kong. Exhibitors from other countries and regions amounted to 20.1 percent of the total – the proportion increased to 30.3 per cent for exhibitions organised by the government but it lowered to 12.6 per cent for non-governmental exhibitions.
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