The new tours allow visitors to get up close to the world’s longest bridge and tunnel sea-crossing link and are proving to be a success.
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Though it is still operating at far below capacity, the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge marks its fifth anniversary with a 3.6 fold increase in traffic flow compared to 2019 figures.
Macao’s peak summer season has since subsided, but tourism officials expect another boom around the Mid-Autumn and National Day celebrations.
A summer surge in visitor numbers is welcome news for the tourism industry but comes amid figures showing sharp falls in visitor spending.
Eighty percent of Macao’s imported goods come from Hong Kong, and the new terminal is set to deepen cooperation between the two SARs.
Eighty percent of Macao’s imports come via Hong Kong. From next Tuesday, the sea will no longer be the only way this happens.
Though no date has been fixed, the two SARs have agreed in principle to allow goods vehicles to use the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.
Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan remain the biggest source of visitors, but overnight visitors are staying for shorter periods, the latest figures show.
Traffic jams have been attributed to the city’s new customs clearance policy and regulations allowing Macao vehicles to travel to mainland China.