China News Service, Zhuhai, April 4 (Reporter Deng Yuanwen) During this year's Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, a large number of Hong Kong and Macao residents "went north" to the mainland to visit relatives, worship ancestors, and go on an outing. According to statistics from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Immigration Station of the Zhuhai General Immigration Inspection Station, since April 3, as of 16:00 on the 4th, there have been more than 192,000 people entering and exiting through the Zhuhai Highway Port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (hereinafter referred to as the "Bridge Port"), and more than 32,000 vehicles. Among them, the number of people and vehicles in the inbound direction reached 140,000 and 23,000, which are 2.6 times and 2.5 times those in the outbound direction, respectively.
On April 4, the Zhuhai Highway Port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge ushered in the peak of Hong Kong and Macao vehicles entering the country. Photo by Li Zhaode
"The mainland tour route is very cost-effective. We signed up a week in advance and planned to take the high-speed rail to Chenzhou, Hunan for three days." Early on the morning of the 4th, Peng Zhiquan and his family from Hong Kong followed the tour group from the port to visit the mainland.
The person in charge of the third team on duty at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Border Inspection Station said that "going north" for tourism consumption and leisure vacations has become a popular choice for more and more Hong Kong and Macao residents. In addition to visiting relatives and worshiping ancestors, traveling northward with group tours has become a new trend in customs clearance during the Qingming Festival. The number of Hong Kong and Macao tour groups entering the country through the Bridge Port has increased by more than 20% compared with the same period last year.
With the convenience of “getting to Guangdong with just one step” and the favorable policy of waiving tolls for small passenger cars on expressways during the Qingming Festival, self-driving has become one of the most important and popular ways for Hong Kong and Macao residents to “go north” during the Qingming Festival. According to data from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Border Inspection Station, since April 3, the station has inspected more than 20,000 single-plate vehicles from Hong Kong and Macao, accounting for more than 60% of the total vehicle customs clearance.
At the same time, the peak hours of passenger and vehicle flow at the bridge port during this holiday are earlier and longer. Starting from 10:00 on April 3, the port gradually ushered in the peak of inbound passenger and vehicle flow. From 9:00 to 11:00 on the 4th, the inbound traffic at the port reached its peak, with the maximum inbound passenger flow and vehicle flow per hour exceeding 7,000 people and 1,100 vehicle times. (over)
