New border crossings record reached over the weekend, over 803,000 on Saturday

The Public Security Police Force (PSP) reported that over 803,000 people crossed different border crossings in Macau last Saturday, setting a new record for border movements in a single day.

According to the PSP, the new figure is about 6.6% higher than the previous record obtained on August 24 last year, when about 753,000 entries and exits were recorded.

These border movement figures accounted for almost 170,000 visitors on the same day.

Most of these visitors (77.6%) were mainland tourists (131,000), while another 15.8% (27,000 people) were from the neighboring region of Hong Kong.

As usual, the border posts of Border Gate and Qingmao were the busiest, with over half of the total crossings recorded at the Border Gate.

The Hengqin border post came third in the preference of the tourists.

According to several media reports and content shared on different social media platforms, the sudden influx of passengers at the Border Gate led to long lines on both the Zhuhai side to access the border checkpoint and on the Macau side, particularly in the search for taxis and buses to head to different locations across the city.

Many visitors were said to have waited for long minutes or over an hour for transportation after arriving in Macau. RM