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Christmas outing|Airport recorded 76,000 departures in four days, an increase of 16 times

2022-12-27T05:26:13.915Z


Hong Kong's immigration policy has been relaxed, and Macao has also passed customs. Many citizens choose to go out for fun during this Christmas holiday. Whether it is the Hong Kong International Airport or the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the travel atmosphere is gradually returning. According to figures from the Immigration Department,


Hong Kong's immigration policy has been relaxed, and Macao has also passed customs. Many citizens choose to go out for fun during this Christmas holiday. Whether it is the Hong Kong International Airport or the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the travel atmosphere is gradually returning.

According to figures from the Immigration Department, the number of departures at the airport in a single day during the Christmas holidays exceeded 20,000, with a total of 76,207 in four days from December 23 to 26, 16 times that of the same period last year.


As for the number of people leaving the country via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, there were more than 1,000 people in a single day for three consecutive days during the customs clearance and Christmas holidays in Macau, and 4,652 people left the country in four days, a four-fold increase compared to the same period last year.


▼On December 23, the airport reappeared the crowds of tourists▼


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On the 26th, the number of departures at the airport exceeded 20,000

According to figures from the Immigration Department, during the Christmas holidays, the number of people departing from Hong Kong’s airport continued to increase. Last Friday (23rd), the number of people departing from the airport reached 18,002 in a single day, and on Christmas Eve (24th), it rose to 18,473. Day) recorded 19,008 passengers on the first day, and yesterday (26th) Sunday exceeded 20,000, reaching 20,664. A total of 76,207 people left the country through the airport in four days.

In the same period last year, only more than 4,000 people left the country

There is no need for quarantine and no yellow code restrictions when returning to Hong Kong, and the number of people going out to play has increased significantly. Compared with last year’s Christmas holiday, when the epidemic prevention measures were still strict, only 4,453 people left the country through the airport in the four days of last year, and the number of people who left the country on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day was less than 1,000. The sum of the figures for the four days is not half of the number of departures in a single day this year.

This year recorded 76,207 visitors, 16 times more than the same period last year.

Macau, the most frequented place for Hong Kong people in the past, just before Christmas, that is, on December 23, announced the exemption from entry and quarantine, and relaxed the restrictions on people with "yellow codes". It is still expected to be limited by the frequency of Jinba and Hong Kong-Macau direct buses, and the increase is not as much as that of the airport.

Yesterday, the number of people leaving the country via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was the largest

According to figures from the Immigration Department, 805 people left Hong Kong via the bridge last Friday and the day of relaxation. After the resumption of operation of the Hong Kong-Macau Expressway on Christmas Eve, the number of people leaving Hong Kong on that day exceeded 1,000, with a record of 1,123 people. 1,320 and 1,404 passengers, a total of 4,652 people exited through the bridge in four days.

Compared with the same period last year, only about 200 people left the country through the bridge every day, and the total number of people in the four days was only 924, which means that the number of this year has increased by 4 times compared with the same period last year. It is expected that the number of Jinba or direct buses will increase in the future and the shipping will resume. Further growth is expected .

▼December 23 Macau's disguised "customs clearance" on the first day of exit from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge▼


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▼On December 24, the Hong Kong-Macau direct bus "Hong Kong-Macau Express Line" will resume service▼


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Customs clearance in the Mainland|The fastest 1.8 years to return to the Mainland without quarantine and entry only needs to pass the customs with a negative nucleic acid test for 48 hours.

Latest|Mainland will switch entry on January 8, no need to test and quarantine quasi-people traveling to Macau Epidemic|Free nucleic acid testing will be canceled from Tuesday. Residents who suspect the epidemic will only need a quick test. The Christmas holiday Accident and Emergency Department is forced to wait more than eight hours to accompany family members: pre-planned waiting all night

Source: hk1

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