Scenario Selection and Governance Mechanisms for the Low-Altitude Economy in High-Density Tourism Cities ——A Case Study of the Macao Special Administrative Region
Michael Liguo Lin
(School of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao, China, 999078)
Abstract: The combination of Macau ’s permanent resident population, tourist traffic, airport airspace, historic districts, border crossings, and the cross-border arrangements between Zhuhai and Macau means that the public value and governance costs of a single flight mission both increase simultaneously. Using Macao as a policy case, this paper combines official statistics, regulatory document analysis, and scenario-constraint matching to identify suitable entry points and governance priorities. The analysis suggests that Macao should not start with daily food delivery, open tourism flights, or large-scale commercial operations. Instead, emergency medical delivery, post-typhoon assessment, infrastructure inspection, checkpoint emergency support, and high-value MICE logistics should be considered first because their boundaries are clearer and their public value is more visible. This paper proposes a governance path of public-value prioritization, fixed-node pilots, platform-based coordination, risk-tiered regulation, and later cross-border experimentation.
Keywords:low-altitude economy; Macao; high-density tourism city; scenario selection; publicgovernance; risk regulation; HengQin-Macao cooperation.
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