Cross-border traffic up 23% in first half

In the first half of 2025, cross-border vehicular traffic increased by 23.2% year-on-year to 5,302,937 trips, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
DSEC’s analysis of the figures noted an increase in light passenger car trips by 25% year-on-year to 5,027,358.

Among these, Macau single-plate vehicle trips to and from Hengqin (1,036,000) and trips made under the “Northbound Travel for Macao Vehicles” policy (813,000) rose by 45.8% and 14.7%, respectively.

During the first half, passenger ferry trips (39,408 trips) and commercial flight arrivals and departures at Macau International Airport (26,884 trips) decreased by 1.4% and 3.2% year-on-year, respectively.

In contrast, in June, cross-border vehicular traffic increased by 23.8%, totaling 932,895 trips year-on-year, while passenger ferry trips (6,194 trips) and commercial flight movements at Macau International Airport (4,267 trips) dropped by 4.9% and 8.8%, respectively.

The gross weight of air cargo fell by 4.5% year-on-year to 46,813 tonnes.
At the same time, outbound cargo (41,910 tonnes) declined by 6.3%, while inbound cargo (2,477 tonnes) and transit cargo (2,426 tonnes) increased by 5.0% and 25.9%, respectively.

In June, the gross weight of containerized cargo by land (6,885 tonnes) and port containerized cargo (16,957 tonnes) rose by 12.7% and 10.3% year-on-year, respectively, while the gross weight of air cargo (8,984 tonnes) decreased by 6.8%. Times reporter