CCTV News: During the Spring Festival holiday, a series of special activities make the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area full of New Year flavor. Relying on the convenient transportation network, many Hong Kong and Macao residents come to the Greater Bay Area to celebrate the festival. Guangdong’s cultural tourism consumption continues to be booming, and holiday passenger flow has increased significantly.
In the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, lion dancing during the Spring Festival is a popular folk activity. This year, lion dance teams from Hong Kong and Macau came to Zhuhai and danced a "Bay Area Lion" with the Zhuhai lion dance team members to celebrate the New Year.
Macau resident Zeng Huayou said in an interview: "The flavor of the Southern Lions is very strong. The opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is very convenient for our compatriots in Hong Kong and Macau."
During the Spring Festival, the popularity of Hong Kong and Macao residents visiting Guangdong for tourism and consumption continues to rise. Many places in Guangdong have launched special cultural and tourism activities such as intangible cultural heritage experiences, night view light shows, and parades and street performances, attracting many Hong Kong and Macao residents. In Jiangmen, Guangdong, a century-old arcade building complex is decorated with lights and colorful decorations. The Chaoshan Ying song and dance, which integrates dance, Nanquan routines, and opera acting skills, is magnificent and attracts a large number of tourists to stop and watch.
In order to ensure that Hong Kong and Macao residents can travel conveniently during the Spring Festival, Guangdong's transportation, border inspection and other departments have optimized processes to further improve customs clearance efficiency. At the Zhuhai Highway Port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, single-plate vehicles from Hong Kong and Macao line up in an orderly manner in the "one-stop" vehicle inspection channel. From entering the lane to completing the inspection, each vehicle only takes about 20 seconds to complete the exit process. Immigration procedures.
Bao Haiyang, deputy director of the Immigration Inspection Department of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Immigration Station, said when referring to measures to improve customs clearance efficiency: "Closely communicate with the Hong Kong and Macao entry-exit management departments, forecast each other's entry and exit passenger flow and vehicle flow information in advance, and open additional openings in advance. Open sufficient and full inspection channels, optimize the emergency diversion mechanism for passenger and vehicle flows, and further optimize the experience of inbound and outbound passengers."
Data shows that in the five days before the Spring Festival holiday, a total of more than 2.18 million Hong Kong and Macao residents came to Guangdong via Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai. Guangdong's 4A-level and above scenic spots received 14.699 million tourists, a year-on-year increase of 24.3%.