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New Coronary Pneumonia | Inbound visitors nearly doubled each month in May, more than seven became mainlanders

2020-05-31T22:15:01.253Z


New coronavirus pneumonia continues to spread globally. In order to control the epidemic from overseas, Hong Kong has strengthened restrictions on inbound passengers since mid-March, including mandatory quarantine for immigrants for 14 days, and prohibiting non-Hong Kong people from arriving in Hong Kong by air, so that visitors The number fell sharply. Immigration figures show that the total number of inbound visitors from May to yesterday (30th) was 6,342, which is almost double that of April. About 76% of them are Mainland visitors. In addition, about 73.8% of inbound passengers arrived via the Shenzhen Bay Port.


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Written by: Huang Weilun

2020-05-31 14:43

Last update date: 2020-05-31 14:43

New coronavirus pneumonia continues to spread globally. In order to control the epidemic from overseas, Hong Kong has strengthened restrictions on inbound passengers since mid-March, including mandatory quarantine for immigrants for 14 days, and prohibiting non-Hong Kong people from arriving in Hong Kong by air, so that visitors The number fell sharply.

Immigration figures show that the total number of inbound visitors from May to yesterday (30th) was 6,342, which is almost double that of April. About 76% of them are Mainland visitors. In addition, about 73.8% of inbound passengers arrived via the Shenzhen Bay Port.

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According to the immigration figures released by the Immigration Department, the total number of inbound visitors from the Mainland and other visitors totaled 6,342 from May 1 to 30, of which there were 4,822 from the Mainland, accounting for 76%. Compared with the 3,395 arrivals in April, the number was nearly doubled in May, and the difference between the two was 2,947. The number of mainland tourists increased by 2,158 in May.

The data shows that as of May 30, the day of the most passengers entering the country was May 24, with a total of 518 passengers; the minimum was May 5, with only 98 passengers.

At the port of entry, the most people arrived via the Shenzhen Bay Port, reaching 4,683 person-times, accounting for about 73.8% of the total number of inbound passengers; followed by the airport, which reached 1,269 person-times; and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge had 390 person-times.

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Source: hk1

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