Tourism | 1.5m border crossings during May holidays

Immigration authorities recorded almost 1.52 million border crossings across the seven Macau checkpoints over the Labor Day holiday weekend, according to data released by the Government Information Bureau yesterday.
The total number of tourist arrivals in that period amounted to 529,427, representing a year-on-year decline of 1.23 percent over the holiday period from 2015.
Over the extended weekend between April 30 and May 2, immigration services logged 759,447 entries, with the vast majority entering via the Border Gate (551,888).
A further 79,335 entered via the Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal, 55,402 through the Lotus Bridge and 42,033 via the Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal. Crossings administered by immigration services at the Macau International Airport totaled 23,980.
The number of departures over the three-day period roughly matched the number of entries, recording a total of 760,063.
Most of these departures were made via the Border Gate (561,854), but there were also significant numbers recorded at other crossing locations, including the Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal (76,287), the Lotus Bridge (53,608), the Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal (34,994) and the Macau International Airport (25,765).
The Inner Harbor Ferry Terminal recorded no entries and no departures this year, as it has been closed to ferry operations since January.