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Have you been to Macau?

Macau (pronounced "Ou Mun" in the local Cantonese dialect) is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China and is located in Southern China bordering the South China Sea.

The original inhabitants of Macau were believed to be fishermen from Fujian and farmers from Guangdong. Due to its location, being at the mouth of the Pearl River downstream from Guangzhou, Macau during the ancient times was a port city which was part of the Silk Road and ships here loaded silk for Rome. In 1513, the first Portuguese merchant, Jorge Alvares, landed in southern China to look for suitable trading posts. The Portuguese then came to Macau in the early 1550s. They named our city Macau as the area they first set set foot in Macau was called "A Ma Gao" (place of A Ma in honour of the Goddess of sea-travellers, whose temple stood at the entrance to the sheltered inner harbour). The name, A Ma Gao, was gradually known as Macau. Macau soon became trading port between China, Japan, India and Europe.

In modern times Macau has developed industries such as textiles, electronics and toys, as well as building up an a world class tourist industry with a wide choice of hotels, resorts, sports facilities, restaurants, world heritage sites and casinos.