Year-ender:10 major tourism stories of 2020 (5)

Tourists visit the Ruins of St. Paul's in South China's Macao Special Administrative Region, on Oct 8, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

5 Macao

More than 227,000 inbound tourists－88 percent of whom came from the Chinese mainland－visited the region in August, according to the Macao Special Administrative Region's Statistics and Census Service. From Sept 23, all domestic tourists from low-risk regions can apply for tourist endorsement to visit Macao. In September, the SAR government prepared coupons worth $36.3 million for mainland tourists to use in hotels and various shops.