BEIJING: The Zhuhai port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the only port in the Chinese mainland with direct land access to Hong Kong International Airport, has seen a dramatic increase in foreign passenger traffic this year, according to border inspection authorities.
As of Tuesday, over 158,000 foreign passengers have entered and exited the mainland for business exchanges and tourism through the bridge since early 2024, a year-on-year increase of 412.6 percent compared with the same period of last year, data from the authorities showed.
The data showed that over 600 tourist groups were among the foreign passengers, marking a 300 percent increase compared to the previous period.
In addition to accelerated interactions between residents of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, exchanges between Chinese and foreign personnel have also become increasingly frequent since the implementation of measures by the National Immigration Administration to facilitate the entry of foreign nationals into China and the expansion of visa-free countries, the border inspection authorities said.
The inbound and outbound passenger flow through the mega sea-crossing bridge has grown rapidly since early this year. By Tuesday, the number of inbound and outbound passengers through the Zhuhai port of the bridge had already exceeded 10 million in less than five months, a year-on-year increase of over 127.7 percent. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
