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A free port, Macao is a leading trade, tourist, and fishing center, with gambling casinos that account for some 40% of GDP. There are also textile, clothing, toys, plastics, fireworks, electronics, and food-processing industries. Most of Macao's transit trade with China is by way of its shallow harbor on the west side of the peninsula. Tourism is extremely important to the province, with over 80% of the tourists coming from nearby Hong Kong. There is daily ferry and bus service to Guangzhou and ferry, hydrofoil, and helicopter service to Hong Kong. Taipa is connected to Macao city by bridges; Taipa and ColOane islands are connected by a causeway. An airport opened in 1995.
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