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Macau seeks feedback on tourist tax

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MACAU, 24 May 2019: A Macau government opinion poll asks residents and tourists what their take is on a proposed tourist tax.

Macau Government Tourism Office confirmed this week that an ongoing study on the feasibility of imposing a tourist tax in Macau includes case analysis and questionnaire surveys for residents, visitors and the travel trade.

The poll began started 20 May and ends in mid-June.

By carrying out the month-long opinion poll, the office said it “hopes to learn about the preference and points of view of residents regarding the feasibility of imposing tourist tax in Macau”.

The questionnaire is available in traditional/simplified Chinese, Portuguese and English.

Local residents can also express their opinions by visiting the website of Macao Tourism Industry Net (http://industry.macaotourism.gov.mo) or the direct link of the questionnaire: http://www.macaotourism.gov.mo/r/en/ottr (preferred language can be chosen for filling out the questionnaire) through to 20 June.

In addition to the questionnaire the tourism office has distributed questionnaires to members of the travel trade and is carrying out a face-to-face survey with visitors upon their departure at various ports in Macau, to collect opinions.

Within hours of the announcement, one academic waded into the controversy flagging the tourist tax as the “wrong path to take.” Professor Glenn McCartney, associate professor in International Integrated Resort Management, University of Macau, told Inside Asian Gaming at G2E Asia on Wednesday “that applying a tourism tax was not the correct solution for Macau in its pursuit of higher quality, but fewer visits.”

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