Portugal’s Finest Vineyards

Portugal’s Finest Vineyards

by David Wong

Leaving behind a rainy Macau, I headed to Portugal on behalf of IFT, as part of the Chief Executive first official visit to Lisbon together with the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO). We hosted two “Macanese Food Promotion” at various venues including the posh Hotel Ritz Four Seasons and the not so posh, Serra da Estrela at the Colombo Shopping Mall. Traditional Macanese favourites such as Chillicotes (Deep fried pork pies), Minchi (Minced beef or pork, sometimes both) and African chicken were [...]

Do you know Macau? Chinese Festivities - Chinese New Year

by Diamantina Coimbra, Institute For Tourism Studies (IFT)

According to the Chinese tradition, people stay up from the New Year’s Eve until the New Year arrives. Staying up until the New Year comes is also called “surviving the Nian”. According to a legend, Nian was a beast living in the sea. On Chinese New Year’s eve it usually comes out to destroy fields and gardens, and kills animals and human beings. To fight against their fear, people would stay awake together until the next morning and when the sun comes up, they congratulate each other for having survived. One year, the Nian attacked a village in the area of Yangtze River. Everyone died with the exception of a couple who got  [...]

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