A 90-strong international media group started its Macao tour on
Monday, the region's Tourism Office said.
The team is comprised of media workers from the Chinese
mainland, China's Taiwan and Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea,
Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, India, the Philippines, the US,
Britain and Australia, officials from the Tourism Office told
Xinhua.
The team, during its five-day stay, is to visit scores of
cultural sites including the Mount Fortress, the Ruins of St.
Paul's and the Ma Temple, according to the schedule issued by the
Tourism Office.
The media tour is hopefully to help promote the Historic Center,
which gained the entry into the World Heritage List in 2005, local
analysts said.
Macao, with the cultural combination of both western and Chinese
styles, has long been a tourism destination in Asia.
The region, with a population of some 480,000, boasted a
record18.4 million visitor arrivals in 2005.
(Xinhua News Agency April 18, 2006)
