Close-up: Here we come! haven't seen you for a long time! ——Ocean Park Hong Kong welcomes the first batch of mainland tour groups after comprehensive "customs clearance"

　　China News Agency, Hong Kong, February 11th, title: Here we come!

haven't seen you for a long time!

——Ocean Park Hong Kong welcomes the first batch of mainland tour groups after comprehensive "customs clearance"

　　China News Agency reporter Suo Youwei

　　coming!

At 10 am on the 11th, Hong Kong Ocean Park (hereinafter referred to as "Ocean Park") ushered in the first batch of mainland tour groups in 2023.

　　"Long time no see!" Ocean Park staff warmly greeted the tourists, and many tourists also responded loudly: "I miss you so much!"

　　With the comprehensive "customs clearance" between Hong Kong and the mainland, about 140 tourists took a cross-border special bus from Shenzhen Liantang Port to Hong Kong Ocean Park on that day.

　　Facing the long-awaited media, many tourists raised their arms and waved their hands. A middle-aged man was wearing a red sportswear with two striking characters: "Youth".

He said as he walked, "Look, so many people are welcoming us."

　　Facing the "long guns and short guns" of the reporters, the tourists also raised their mobile phones to record the scenes of the reporter's interview.

　　"Finally I can come to Hong Kong to have fun." Ms. Zhang told the reporter with her child. Her child is more than four years old this year. He visited Ocean Park once when he was one year old. Unexpectedly, he will come again three years later. "In the past, children had no memory, but this time they will leave an impression."

　　Ms. Huang in a red coat said with a smile on her face: "I got up at six o'clock in the morning. We are the first tour group after the full restoration of 'customs clearance', so we must be grand, so we dressed up and wore Red clothes." She didn't finish her sentence, and added: "You can come and go after you 'clear the customs'."

　　"Before the epidemic, we often came here, because children liked Ocean Park more, and after three years, I really wanted to come and play." A young couple took their two children and the whole family out, and the child's mother said: "The whole tour group came together , most of them brought children, and everyone was very enthusiastic when they came in, and we were very happy."

　　In order to welcome the mainland visitors who haven’t seen for a long time, Ocean Park’s mascot “Weiwei” also appeared to welcome the visitors, dancing and dancing with the tourists, and the children also rushed to take photos with “Weiwei”.

　　Wang Xuerui, a staff member of Shenzhen CITS Travel Agency, said that the tour group gathered at Liantang Port at 8:30 in the morning to pass through the customs. Liantang Port has just started passenger service. Although it is the first time to pass through this port, it only took about ten minutes to pass the customs smoothly.

"Our tour will be released every Saturday, and there will be more itineraries for everyone in the future. You can go to Disney, you can go to some scenic spots, you can go shopping in Tsim Sha Tsui..." she said excitedly.

　　Tourists who were delayed because of the interview walked quickly to the ticket gate. They will return to the mainland at 5:00 pm that day. A tourist said with emotion: "Going back and forth between the mainland and Hong Kong in one day is like a dream." (End)