JOYFUL
CELEBRATIONS TO WELCOME THE YEAR OF MONKEY
(Press Release of Macao Tourism)
Festive
joy lighted up the city as the Year of Monkey arrived. Chinese New Year is an
important traditional festival in Chinese culture. The Macao Government Tourist
Office prepared a colorful range of festive celebrations for visitors and
residents to enjoy in different local districts including fascinating events
like the “Parade of Gigantic Golden Dragon”, "Parade for Celebration of
the Year of the Monkey", “Valentine's Day Fantasia 2016 – The Fairytale of
Lights”, promising a festive season filled with memorable moments.
There
are lots of festivals, events and activities to watch out for this year. The
year begins with the Lanterns Festival ,The Chinese New Year, the Parade for
Celebration of the Year of the Monkey followed by the Firework Festival, Macau
Grand Prix, The Lights Festival, Food festival and much more during the end of
the year. Macao will also see hosts of events this year starting with the “Madonna
Rebel Heart Tour” as Madonna will delight music fans at the newly opened resort
Studio City’s Studio City Event Center on February 20 and 21, 2016.
A
238-meter-long golden dragon led a parade across major tourist spots and
demonstrated vigorous moves accompanied by vibrant young lions. Their lively
performance bestowed wishes that Macao will encounter myriad opportunities and
achieve remarkable developments in the Year of Monkey. The Chinese zodiac
animal “Monkey” symbolizes wisdom and auspiciousness, inspiring Macao residents
to embrace new challenges with wisdom and creativity, and work together for a
brighter future of Macao.
As another highlight, the eight performance groups for the "Parade for
Celebration of the Year of the Monkey" from different countries and
regions gave a performance in advance at various tourist spots on the first and
second day of Lunar New Year which was in Feb 2016.
Last year Macao welcomed over 30
million visitors. During Spring Festival holidays, a great number of visitors visit
Macao from the Mainland and neighboring regions. Visitors of different
nationalities also choose to visit Macao during this time of the year to
experience the ambience of Chinese Spring festival. MGTO takes the opportunity
to express New Year wishes to local citizens and visitors and show warm hospitality
of the destination.
Macao
Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will continue to work hard
in all aspects and will adopt new promotional theme this year to promote Macao
to the world, striving to attract visitors and at the same time, enhance the
city’s attractiveness as a tourist destination.
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