A total of 252,000 tourists entered and exited Macao during the Qingming Festival. Among them, 136,000 were inbound travellers, primarily passing through the Border Gate and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, while 115,000 were outbound passengers, the Public Security Police reported.
Various ports in Macao recorded a total of 600,000 entries and exits during the festival, with 316,000 of them being inbound visits. These numbers encompassed both tourists and local residents who were travelling in and out of Macao.
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Earlier, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office, had mentioned that authorities were anticipating an average of 100,000 tourists in the upcoming days.
Macao commemorated the Ching Ming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, yesterday.
The traditional Chinese observance, which falls on the 4th or 5th April every year, involves families honouring their ancestors by visiting their graves, cleaning tombstones, making offerings and paying respects. The Ching Ming Festival also coincides with the arrival of spring. In Macao, many citizens went to cemeteries to pay tribute to their loved ones.
