| Despite an increasing number of tourists that flooded | | | | year, with visitors from the Chinese Mainland and Hong |
| into Macao in recent years, limitation of land and human | | | | Kong accounted for 55 percent and 30 percent of the |
| resources still "stands in the way" of the city's tourism | | | | total respectively. |
| industry development, according to a research report | | | | However, the report also said that issues, such as the |
| released on Wednesday. | | | | city's lack of land and human resources, negative |
| The report said that Macao's tourism industry currently | | | | effects of gaming industry boom on local community, |
| enjoys a number of opportunities and strengths | | | | heating competition in tourism market of the |
| because of her unique background, since the Special | | | | Asia-Pacific region, still pose potential threats to the |
| Administration Region (SAR) understands how to | | | | city's tourism development. |
| capitalize on its tourism and gaming industry to attract | | | | To tackle these issues, the report proposed that the |
| more tourists. | | | | SAR government put more effort in education and |
| The report was jointly compiled by Macao's Institute | | | | training to enhance the quality of the local workforce, |
| for Tourism Studies (IFT) and the Tourism Research | | | | and look actively for business opportunities by |
| Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | | | | cooperating with neighboring tourism destinations, |
| (CASS). | | | | attracting more human and capital resources globally. |
| Figures released by the SAR's Statistics and Census | | | | In addition, local government is also advised to consider |
| Service ( DSEC) showed that the island city registered | | | | establishing a "clean" image, making Macao an |
| a record high of over 26 million visitor arrivals in 2007, a | | | | environmentally clean and socially peaceful city. |
| significant increase of 23 percent over the previous | | | | |