Nearly 5.2 million passenger trips were taken across China’s borders during this year’s three-day Ching Ming Festival holiday, a year-on-year growth of almost 70 percent, according to data published by the National Immigration Administration on Sunday.
On average, 1.73 million entries and exits were made each day. Macao, Hong Kong and Taiwan residents accounted for more than 2.26 million of the trips recorded over this period, an increase of nearly 36 percent compared to the corresponding period last year. Mainland residents made roughly 2.42 million trips, a rise of nearly 102 percent year-on-year.
Trips taken by foreigners came to a total of 500,000, a jump of more than 163 percent relative to the same period in 2023.
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The considerable variance between the figures in 2023 and 2024 reflect the recovery of tourism following the lifting of pandemic travel restrictions across China, which began in late December 2022.
Special inspection channels were set up during Ching Ming in order to streamline the flow of visitors from Macao, Hong Kong and Taiwan travelling to the mainland for the festival, the NIA said.
Macao also saw a substantial number of visitors over the holiday, with the Judicial Police reporting a total of 148,000 visitors passing through the city’s borders yesterday.
