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The number of immigration trips from the 30th to the third day of the year dropped by half year-on-year.

2020-01-28T08:04:05.040Z


The outbreak of a new coronavirus associated with Wuhan pneumonia has continued to spread, and the number of immigration during the Chinese New Year has also been greatly affected. According to the figures of the Immigration Department, the total number of immigration from the 30th to the third day of the year (January 25-27) was only 1.62 million, a year-on-year decline of 2.05 million, a decrease of about 55.8%. In addition, on the third day of last year (February 7, 2019), the Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail had created about 104,000 passengers, the highest number of passengers in traffic; however, there were only 17,424 passengers on the third day of this year, a year-on-year drop of 83.2%.


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Written by: Huang Weilun

2020-01-28 15:50

Last updated: 2020-01-28 15:50

The outbreak of a new coronavirus associated with Wuhan pneumonia has continued to spread, and the number of immigration during the Chinese New Year has also been greatly affected. According to the figures of the Immigration Department, the total number of immigration from the 30th to the third day of the year (January 25-27) was only 1.62 million, a year-on-year decline of 2.05 million, a decrease of about 55.8%.

In addition, on the third day of last year (February 7, 2019), the Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail had created about 104,000 passengers, the highest number of passengers in traffic; however, there were only 17,424 passengers on the third day of this year, a year-on-year drop of 83.2%.

From the 30th to the third day of last year, a total of about 3.67 million people entered and left Hong Kong through various ports. (Profile picture)

Number of Immigrations during Lunar New Year (Immigration Information)

From the 30th to the third day of this year, the number of arrivals and departures dropped sharply. On the 4th, the total number of arrivals and departures was about 734,000, and the number of departures was 887,000, with a total of about 1.62 million. .

Looking at the number of immigration and entry last year, a total of about 3.67 million person-times last year, which is a significant decrease of 2.05 million person-times this year, a decrease of about 55.8%. On the day with the least number of passengers, there were only about 363,000 person-times, a big drop of about 69.5%.

Year-on-year Comparison of Lunar New Year Entry and Exit Numbers (Immigration Department Information)

The Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail that opened to traffic in September 2018 was originally expected to reach an average of 80,100 passengers per day. Although the average number of passengers has not yet reached expectations, the highest passenger volume on the third day of last year was 104,000. However, this year's Lunar New Year, the number of high-speed rail trips dropped sharply. There were only 17,424 passenger trips on the third day, a year-on-year drop of 83.2%, which was only 16% last year. In addition, there were the least number of trips on the first day, with only 15,217.

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