Hong Kong’s border checkpoints processed nearly 689 000 passenger movements by 16:00 on Sunday, 5 April, the third day of the combined Easter and Ching Ming Festival holiday, according to real-time figures released by the Immigration Department. Outbound traffic accounted for about 425 000 of the total, with more than 360 000 departures registered as Hong Kong residents. Roughly 260 000 arrivals were logged over the same period. The Lo Wu rail crossing remained the busiest land boundary, followed by Lok Ma Chau Spur Line and Shenzhen Bay Port.
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The Airport was the preferred exit point for early-morning travellers, but land routes soon overtook as families headed north for ancestral tomb-sweeping or leisure trips in Guangdong. For mobility managers the data confirm a post-pandemic surge in two-way flows that is testing manpower rosters at control points. Authorities have reinstated almost all pre-Covid counters and have deferred staff leave to cope with the spike. Businesses shuttling staff between Hong Kong and mainland factories are advised to avoid mid-morning to late-afternoon slots when the heaviest queues form. Travel-management companies report that same-day courier and technician assignments now require at least an extra hour of buffer each way. Corporates are therefore turning to videoconferencing or scheduling site visits outside public-holiday windows to cut overtime costs. Meanwhile, rail operator MTR said it had added 14 extra Intercity Through-Train services over the five-day period to increase capacity.
If you’re planning cross-border travel of your own, VisaHQ’s Hong Kong team can help you secure any required visas or travel documents quickly and efficiently, saving time at checkpoints. Explore their services at https://www.visahq.com/hong-kong/
The Airport was the preferred exit point for early-morning travellers, but land routes soon overtook as families headed north for ancestral tomb-sweeping or leisure trips in Guangdong. For mobility managers the data confirm a post-pandemic surge in two-way flows that is testing manpower rosters at control points. Authorities have reinstated almost all pre-Covid counters and have deferred staff leave to cope with the spike. Businesses shuttling staff between Hong Kong and mainland factories are advised to avoid mid-morning to late-afternoon slots when the heaviest queues form. Travel-management companies report that same-day courier and technician assignments now require at least an extra hour of buffer each way. Corporates are therefore turning to videoconferencing or scheduling site visits outside public-holiday windows to cut overtime costs. Meanwhile, rail operator MTR said it had added 14 extra Intercity Through-Train services over the five-day period to increase capacity.
