Cheng Weidong, vice president of the Macao Government Tourist Office, delivered a speech about Macao's tourism industry. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The Macao Government Tourist Office recently held an event at Beijing's Legendale Hotel promoting its delicious cuisine, cultural sites alongside some colorful artistic performances.

Cheng Weidong, vice president of MGTO, delivered a speech, summing up the performance of the Macao Special Administrative Region's tourism industry over the years. He said that last year, more than 25.3 million visitors from the Chinese mainland traveled to Macao, representing an increase of 13.8 percent over the same period in 2017, and making the mainland Macao's largest source of tourists.