This year’s Tomb Sweeping Day holiday coincides with the public holidays in Hong Kong and Macao, and starting from the end of March, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will reappear the “Spring Festival Transport-style” northward tide. According to statistics from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Border Inspection Station, from March 28 to April 6, the total number of passengers and vehicles entering and exiting through the Zhuhai Highway Port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge exceeded 1 million and 170,000 vehicle trips, with an average of more than 100,000 trips per day. and 17,000 vehicle trips, a year-on-year increase of 167.8% and 145.1%, both at historical highs.
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has shortened the time and space distance between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. "Hong Kong cars going north" and "Macao cars going north" have reduced travel costs. Driving "north" has become a high-quality cross-border travel method for Hong Kong and Macao residents.
During the interview, the reporter learned that during the holidays, short-distance tours mainly to Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Guangzhou are most popular among tourists from Hong Kong and Macao. Taking advantage of the favorable spring breeze, meet up with family and friends to “go north” by car, have picnics, climb mountains, and taste the delicacies of the Greater Bay Area... Spending the holiday in a relaxed and happy way has become the choice of more and more tourists from Hong Kong and Macao. According to data from the border inspection department, from March 28 to April 6, more than 740,000 passengers from Hong Kong and Macao entered and exited through Zhuhai Port, and nearly 110,000 Hong Kong and Macao single-plate vehicles, accounting for approximately 73% and 64% of the total passenger and vehicle traffic. %; the tourist group, mainly "family tourists" from Hong Kong and Macao residents, has become the main force passing through the port, accounting for approximately 68% of the total passenger flow at the port, an increase of 25 percentage points from the same period last year, reaching a record high.
The border inspection department predicts that during the May Day holiday, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will usher in a new wave of "northbound travel", with passenger and vehicle traffic expected to hit new highs.
Faced with the new situation and changes of continuous "large passenger and heavy traffic flows", the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Border Inspection Station analyzed the changing patterns of passenger and vehicle flows at the port and formulated diversion plans in advance; it also strengthened informatization construction, optimized and upgraded the lane software and hardware systems, and promoted The lane is renovated to serve both passenger and cargo purposes. At the same time, the station has also established a 24-hour business exchange mechanism with Hong Kong and Macao to continue to improve the comprehensive port service guarantee level.
Customs clearance policies continue to be innovated, port traffic efficiency has been greatly improved, and more and more Hong Kong and Macao residents are expanding their living radius to the entire Greater Bay Area, and the "going north" craze is unstoppable. It is understood that after the single-day traffic flow exceeded 19,500 vehicles on April 1, the traffic flow at the port reached 19,570 vehicles on the 6th, setting a new record for the third time in seven days. Since 2023, the passenger and vehicle flow at Zhuhai Port has set new records 27 times in a row.
(CCTV reporter Wu Bing)