Macau still in the news for the right reasons. According to Chinese territory’s government Macau’s visitor arrivals in October rose 19.6 percent from a year earlier to 2 million, setting a new record for a single month.
The numbers rose partly because two of China’s national holidays were celebrated in October, officials said. Macau — the only place in China with legal casino gambling — received 17.9 million visitors in the January-October period, up 15.9 percent from the same time last year.
The gambling industry predicts that Macau’s tourism will continue to boom as local and foreign casino companies like Las Vegas Sands Corp., MGM Mirage Inc. and Wynn Resorts Ltd. finish building massive shopping, hotel and resort complexes.
The former Portuguese enclave includes a peninsula and two small islands off China’s southern coast, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of Hong Kong.
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