Front line workers — those on the casino floors — began being tested this past week.<\/p>\n
\nThe virus testing is taking place at exposition halls or ballrooms”<\/strong> inside the casino resorts, explained a spokesperson for the Macau Gaming Staff Rights Association, a union that represents gaming and hospitality workers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nEach of the six licensed casino operators is responsible for carrying out the tests.<\/p>\n
Union Gaming analyst John DeCree says gamblers are on the way.<\/p>\n
“Guangdong and Hong Kong serve as the local markets for Macau, and as travel restrictions ease, we anticipate a surge in pent-up demand,” said DeCree. “While the negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test and health requirements still create some notable consumer friction, the relaxed border restrictions should facilitate additional visitation and ultimately GGR for Macau — marking the first step towards recovery after three months of virtually no revenue.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Macau is benefiting from the Guangdong province lifting its mandatory 14-day quarantine on people returning from the gaming center. Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes revealed Friday that the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR) is welcoming roughly 2,000 tourists per day. That’s since Guangdong lifted its isolation requirement on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":142097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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