Along with a new ferry terminal near the Cotai Strip, the 2018 summer opening of the multibillion-dollar mega bridge that will reduce auto travel time from Hong Kong to Macau from four hours to just 45 minutes should bring new visitors to the enclave.Entry ConcernsGross gaming revenue and Macau visitor arrivals are both up in 2018 with one quarter of the year in the books.Macau Travel Industry Council President Andy Wu Keng Kuong told local news agencies this week that the Special Administrative Region (SAR) government needs to be prepared to handle large quantities of visitors 356 days a year, as compared to only at peak times like Golden Week.“We didn’t foresee there would be a jump in the number of tourists coming last weekend” Wu told the Macau News Agency.

Black hawk casinos open nowChina’s gaming enclave has now posted 21 consecutive months of positive gains.Mass AppealFollowing three years of annual GGR declines between 20 due to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign being extended to VIP junkets, casino operators began rethinking their focus to more of the general population.While the VIP has reigned supreme for years and is responsible for transforming Macau from a sleepy hallow into the world’s richest gaming hub, casinos no longer want to solely rely on the high roller to keep revenues robust.Mainland China and Hong Kong is responsible for more than 85 percent of the traffic to Macau.

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