A total of 56 hotel projects which were still under construction or waiting for approval in the second quarter this year could provide at least 34,400 more guest rooms to Macau’s tourism industry.

According to information from the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT), 21 hotel projects were under construction, a drop of two from the previous quarter.Preliminary plans submitted by developers showed that 23,600 guest rooms were estimated, 27.7 percent less than compared with the first quarter figure.

The total construction area was about 1.86 million square metres, down by 48.4 percent from the previous quarter between January and March, reports MDT.

The 21 hotel projects could provide about 13,000 parking spaces, the DSSOPT said. Six of the 21 projects would have guest rooms below 100, three hotels between 101 and 300 rooms, four hotels between 301 and 600, one hotel between 601 and 1,200, two hotels between 2,000 and 3,000, and one hotel with over 3,000 rooms and two with over 6,000 rooms.

However, two of the hotel projects had not yet to provide the number of rooms they were going to build, the DSSOPT added.

On the other hand, 35 projects were in the process of obtaining government approval in the second quarter of the year, a slight increase of one over the previous quarter. Of this, apart from 12 projects which could not yet provide figures of their guest rooms, the remaining 23 hotels would build about 10,800 rooms in total.

The DSSOPT said 10 of the 23 projects would have 301 to 600 rooms each, while one project planned to build 5,000 rooms.

The 35 projects awaiting approval would also add 3,000 more parking spaces to the industry.

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