Facility opened almost a year ago | Lusophone food exhibition center records low direct sales

To date, over 9,000 visitors (around 800 per month) and 38 groups have visited the Portuguese-Speaking Countries’ Food Products Exhibition Centre, which opened its doors on March 31, 2016. Although the center’s promoters claim that creating brand awareness is the main target, the center generated low direct sales during its first operational year. According to figures provided to the Times by the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), only “12 companies have joined the promotion with the total revenue generated reaching [MOP]180,000.” However, almost a year after opening, the center’s promoters made a positive assessment of t…