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IAG FEB 2023年2月 亞博匯 113 特寫 Paulo,” he explained, while discussing how hard the past three years have been. “Policies changed over and over again. And whenever the economy improved a little bit, a new wave of COVID-19 outbreaks occurred. We have dealt with many disappointments over these three years and eventually the dawn has come. I am very impressed at this moment.” The President of the Travel Industry Council of Macau, Wu Keng Kuong, added, “The dawn of the tourism industry has finally come. “The tourism industry is optimistic about the development of this year. Although tour groups from the mainland have not yet resumed (as of mid-January), the industry is preparing as well. Tour guides and coach drivers received aid from the government; it is believed that there are over 400 tour guides who can cope with the resumption of tour groups.” 來了三年首次的高峰。「終於看到店舖 外有客人排隊買手信，也難得看到大三 巴人山人海。」 店主形容這三年一切得來不易。 「我們看着政策一次又一次改變，每次 以為澳門經濟好轉，但突然又爆發疫 情，這三年經歷了不少失望的時候，現 在終於看到真正的曙光，這個時刻十分 感動。」 澳門旅遊業議會會長胡景光接受訪 問時坦言：「旅遊業界對今年看法是樂 觀的，雖然內地團隊遊暫時未恢復（截 至1月12日），但旅遊業界都在準備中。 過去三年，導遊及司機得到政府的幫 助，相信現在澳門400多名導遊可以應 付旅行團重開後的工作。」