No, it was more expensive.
In general, everything is more expensive in Macau.
I don't know if you've been to Macau, so I'll describe how the place works.
Everything is based around the casino complexes - The Venetian, Cotai Central, City of Dreams, etc.
So if we use City of Dreams as an example. It has a few hotels (e.g. Hard Rock), loads of restaurants, bars and nightclubs, and is basically one large shopping mall. The shops are all very expensive. Think Rolex, Omega, Gucci, Prada, etc.
I would say over 80% of the visitors are from the China mainland. They're a mix of farmers who sold land and become rich overnight, gangster types, upper middle class people there for shopping, and lots of women with weird fake noses and shaved jawlines. They all are very wealthy and love to flaunt it. Most are there to gamble, and they take it very seriously.
So they win money in the casino and go spend it in these shops. They don't care that everything is marked up because a) they're loaded and b) they just won the money.
Also, rich Chinese have more money than sense, so they will pay a premium for premium products!
That's my generalisation about Macau.
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