How does tourism affect Macao residents’ quality-of-life?
Conducted annually since 2003, the TCC study is Macao's tourism weather station and is the Centre’s primary research activity for evaluating and assessing the state of Macao's tourism development given its recent rapid growth. The study principally gauges Macao residents’ and visitors’ opinions regarding important experience factors affected by tourism. It also involves tourism service providers in assessing how much and how adequate capacity--in terms of hard and soft infrastructure--is coping with tourism demand.
The goal of the TCC study is neither to limit nor push tourism growth. Rather, it assesses which parts of Macao's tourism service system is facing stress as reflected by subjective and objective factors and to provide scenarios of optimum levels of tourism growth balanced on different priorities.
The TCC study produces a full report and executive summary every year. However, copies of these reports can only be made by directly requesting the Office of the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR Government (SSAC), which commissions the TCC study. Occasionally, though, media and public briefings are held to share the results of the TCC study, upon the request of the Office of the SSAC . Available archived briefings can be downloaded via the button on the left.
GGR Asia (2015 March) - "Macau tourist capacity estimated at 92k a day: study"
Macau Business (2015 March) - "Macau’s people, visitors feel city near bursting"
Macau Business Daily (2015 March) - "Standing room only"
Macau News (2015 March) - "Macau’s tourism carrying capacity was 32.6-33.7 million in 2014"
Macau Business Daily (2014 April) - "Confirmed: Cap on Mainland visitors"
Macau Daily Times (2015 April) - "Tourism capacity | Gov’t commissioned study welcomes more visitors"
Macau News (2015 April) - "Forum debates city's tourism carrying capacity"
TTG Asia (2015 April) - "Possible to relieve Macau's carrying capacity burden"