Over 1 million vehicles traveling between HK, Zhuhai and Macau over the summer holidays

The number of vehicles crossing the border between Macau, Hong Kong and Zhuhai over the period of the summer holidays has already exceeded 1 million, the Gongbei Customs District authority has said in a news release.

According to the same authority, the total number of customs clearance passenger vehicles traveling between the three regions passed the 1-million mark last Aug. 19, with an average daily figure exceeding 20,000 vehicles.

The figure represents a customs clearance volume increase of 83% when compared with the same period in 2019 (pre-pandemic).

On the line is the implementation of the “Northbound Travel Scheme” for both Macau and Hong Kong vehicles, which has led also to the increase of the border clearance of passenger vehicles at the Zhuhai Port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge to 366,400, twice the figure reached in the same period (July and August) in 2019.

In the same given period, some 382,600 cross-border passenger vehicles were also cleared at the Gongbei Port, which continues to rank as the number one border crossing point for vehicles between Macau and Zhuhai.

Hengqin Port registered the inspection and clearance of some 249,400 passenger vehicles, of which about 70% were vehicles from Macau with a single license plate.

The Gongbei Customs also said that the double-plated vehicles (Macau and Zhuhai) continue to cross the border mainly between the two sides via the Gongbei Port.