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MACAO DeForest Buckner Jersey , Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Macao welcomed a total of 920,631 visitors during the eight-day Golden Week holiday period, and the total visitor arrivals from Oct. 1 to Oct. 7 registered a year-on-year rise of 11.6 percent, the special administrative region's tourism office said on Tuesday.


Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said more Chinese mainland residents opted for travel during the Golden Week this year Ahkello Witherspoon Jersey , with both the National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival falling on this eight-day holiday (Oct. 1-8).


According to the preliminary statistical figures (non-resident employees and students have been excluded from visitor arrivals) provided by the Public Security Police Force, Macao welcomed a total of 920,631 visitors. In comparison with the corresponding seven-day period of last year, total visitor arrivals marked a year-on-year increase of 11.6 percent.


Specifically Solomon Thomas Jersey , Macao welcomed a total of 696,636 visitors from Chinese mainland throughout the eight-day Golden Week, which constitutes 75.7 percent of total visitor arrivals to Macao.


MGTO also mentioned that before and during the Golden Week, it had actively prepared for the arrival of the peak period by carrying out a series of tasks including operation of tourism notification system.




HONG KONG Fred Warner Jersey , Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Express Airways canceled 18 flights between Hong Kong and three destinations in Japan and South Korea from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8, leaving over 2,000 travellers affected.


According to Hong Kong Express, the only low-fare airline in Hong Kong Dante Pettis Jersey , the canceled flights on Sunday are round-trip flights between Hong Kong International Airport and Japan's Kansai International Airport (KIX).


Other canceled flights will be those between Hong Kong and Japan's Chubu Centrair International Airport(NGO) as well as South Korea's Incheon International Airport(ICN) scheduled from Oct. 2 to 8.


According to Hong Kong Express Airways, all the 2,070 passengers affected by the cancellations had been rearranged to take other airlines' flights or fully refunded as of Sunday evening.


Hong Kong Express Airways CEO Andrew Cowen said at a press conference that the cancellations was a tough but only choice of the airline since the company discovered there would be shortage of about five to six backup crew members each day during the holidays.


The airline decided to cancel those flights, otherwise there would be many risks to the safety of flights if the crew members on duty ask for emergency leave during the holidays Mike McGlinchey Jersey , the CEO said.


The airline said most of the affected passengers have been arranged to take other airlines' flights with assistance of two local travel agencies.


The airline issued an apology on Sunday to those affected passengers.


Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(SAR) government said it is closely reviewing the aftermath of the cancellation.


The Civil Aviation Department has met with high-level executives of the Hong Kong airline and asked the airline to submit detailed report about the cancellation within one week.


Hong Kong Consumer Council lashed out at the airline for its irresponsibility, saying that the cancellation would not only impair passengers' confidence of the airline, but also affect Hong Kong's reputation as an international aviation hub.


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