Instant view of Macao after "restart"
2021-11-08
At 7:30 in the morning, Guo Daoqian, a decoration worker, and his co-workers had crossed the customs all the way from Gongbei, Zhuhai, to guanzha, the busiest land port in Macao. Like them, there are cross-border office workers and students. At 9:30, after the morning peak, retired Macao resident Mr. Zhen and his wife stepped on the familiar rhythm of life and went to Zhuhai to drink tea, buy vegetables and go shopping with their old friends. "I go to Zhuhai every other day or two, and now I finally return to the previous rhythm," he said. According to the Macao New Coronavirus infection coordination center statistics, as of November 6th, Macao has not been confirmed for 28 consecutive days. In response to the imported related cases in Macao, starting from September 26, they entered Zhuhai through the Zhuhai Macao port. Except for specific personnel such as cross-border truck drivers, others must be isolated and observed for 14 days. In Macao, the epidemic situation was effectively controlled after entering the state of immediate prevention, launching the zoning and grading accurate prevention and control scheme, and implementing two rounds of national nucleic acid testing. From 12 noon on October 19, Macao lifted the special measures taken by the chief executive's instruction No. 144 / 2021. On the same day, Zhuhai relaxed the epidemic prevention measures for entering Zhuhai through the Zhuhai Macao port, and Macao also relaxed the departure restrictions at the same time. Guo Daoqian, who had been stranded in Macao for more than 20 days, returned to Zhuhai on October 21, starting the day of round-trip and smooth resumption of work between Zhuhai and Macao. The sealing cordon disappeared, the sound of books sounded on the campus, beauty salons, gyms and other places reopened... Macao pressed the "restart" button for life and production. However, for this tourist city, the greater challenge is to rebuild the image of safe tourism. When the last outbreak occurred, it was on the eve of the "11" long holiday. It undoubtedly poured cold water on many waiting merchants. Since Macao entered the state of immediate prevention on September 25 and further tightened epidemic prevention measures, the number of visitors to Macao has dropped sharply. The Tourism Administration of the Macao Special Administrative Region government said that three days after the relaxation of the Zhuhai Macao port, it has returned to the level of 20000 inbound Macao tourists per day, and the number of tourists has stabilized. On October 29, the number of Macao's one-day inbound passengers reached 30512, breaking 30000 for the first time since the entry-exit restrictions were relaxed on October 19. Macao's "Xinhua Macao news" said that although it is far from the data before the epidemic, it is already a "small prosperous situation". At guanzha port, Miss Tan from Foshan, Guangdong said that she had been planning to come to Macao and waited for a long time. She did not dare to come until the epidemic situation in Macao was stable. At Macao airport, Chongqing Miss Wang and Mr. Hao who are ready to check in can be described as "returning with a full load". "We stayed in Macao for five days this time. We all went to the famous tourist attractions, clocked in the food places and bought a lot of things," said Miss Wang. At guanzha port and Macao airport, eye-catching notices can be seen everywhere that "entry and exit must hold a negative nucleic acid test report within 48 hours". Before the outbreak, the time limit for nucleic acid reporting in and out of Zhuhai and Macao was a more relaxed week. In order to rebuild Macao's tourism reputation, the Macao Tourism Administration promoted various work. With the stabilization of the epidemic situation in Macao, a number of activities were held in November and December. Including the 68th Grand Prix of Macao, the 21st Macao food festival, fun for consumption in Macao, the 2021 Macao light and Film Festival and the "flying tour of Macao UAV performance event", etc. As of November 4, the overall vaccination rate in Macao was 68%. Macao public opinion believes that as long as Macao citizens are more consciously vaccinated and the vaccination rate meets the requirements, it proves that Macao is a "safe city" and the expectation of promoting the recovery of Macao's tourism industry can be realized. Lu Zhiliang, chairman of the Macao Hotel and tourism chamber of Commerce, said that only when the epidemic situation in the mainland and Macao remains stable can Macao's tourism economy and the surrounding business environment improve. At present, Macao's new 800 companion shopping mall is celebrating, and some mainland tourists have also appeared in the long queue. Miss Huang from Zhuhai said that this trip to Macao is for shopping. There are a wide range of goods and great discounts. You can "shop" well. Some Macao businesses also launched a big discount "buy one get one free" by taking advantage of the "double 11" Shopping Festival of mainland e-commerce; Others launched "Hotel + catering" to attract tourists. Lu Zhiliang said that the fourth quarter belongs to the traditional peak promotion season, and tourists will grasp the discount season to shop in Macao according to their past habits. If the epidemic situation in Macao is under control, the exchanges between Zhuhai and Macao gradually return to normal, and then cooperate with the event, the hotel occupancy rate in Macao is expected to rise to 70-80%. "Macao's strict epidemic prevention, warm human relations and shopping experience have left us a good memory. If Macao can continue to maintain its safe image, we are willing to come to Macao again," Mr. Hao said. (outlook new era)
Edit：He Chuanning Responsible editor：Su Suiyue
Source：Xinhua
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