There are 14,892 mainland tourists entering the country on New Year's Eve. This is the highest single -day number since Hong Kong since the epidemic closes the border in February 2020.In the second day of the new year, Macau also received 7,678 entry passengers, which is the highest number of days of entry in the country recorded since the epidemic.
(Hong Kong / Macau Comprehensive News) After the restrictions on immigration in mainland China, the Macau and Hong Kong Lunar New Year ushered in a strong recovery of tourism and consumption.
Macau has set the most single -day records since Monday (January 23) the number of travelers since the epidemic. Hong Kong's horse racing activities are also crowded, and the bet amount has reached a new high since the return of 1997.
Comprehensive Reuters and Bloomberg reported that data released by the Macau Special Administrative Region Government on Tuesday (January 24) showed that Macau received 71,678 entry passengers on the second day of the New Year (January 23).The highest -day entry in the country has been recorded.
The Macau government said that in the first three days of the Lunar New Year holiday, from January 21st to 23rd, the average daily number of tourists in Macau reached 50,000, an increase of 217%year -on -year, of which more than 94%came from mainland China and Hong Kong.Essence
There are hotel executives that many hotels and resorts on the famous Luzhuang Avenue in Macau have been reserved during the New Year holidays of the lunar calendar.
Macau is the only place in China that has been allowed to operate the gaming industry.After re -opening the border in Mainland China in early January this year, a large number of mainland tourists were traveled to Macau.This is in stark contrast to the scarce scene of tourists during the past three years of the Macau epidemic.In 2022, Macau's average of only 15,000 passengers arrived in the country per day.
A man named Lin from Jiangmen City, Guangdong said: "I'm here to gamble here. It's good to see the crowd in Macau ... During the blockade, there is no anger here, and the situation is not very good."
In Hong Kong, the number of travelers in mainland China also pushed the number of travelers in the Lunar New Year.According to the Hong Kong government data, New Year's Eve (January 21) has 14,892 mainland tourists entering the country on the same day.This is the highest single -day number since Hong Kong has closes the border in February 2020.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club each year (January 24) in the Shatian Racecourse held in New Territories also attracted more than 79,000 horse fans, squeezing the stands of the stands.
In the past three years, the Jockey Club has implemented restrictions on epidemic prevention measures, so that the number of admission has been significantly reduced; the downturn economy has also caused the amount of betting.In the Year of the Rabbit, the Hong Kong Government basically canceled epidemic prevention control. For the first time, the restrictions on epidemic prevention of the entry -venue fans restored the lively atmosphere in the past.
The South China Morning Post quoted the Jockey Club report that 11 games throughout the day attracted the betting of HK $ 2.06 billion (S $ 346 million), which increased by 10.6%larger than last year. It was the most return since Hong Kong's return in 1997.
In addition to the racecourse, another important event in the third day of the New Year's Eve of Hong Kong citizens is to pray for blessings at Chegong Temple.A total of 27,000 people visited the temple that day, which was 1,000 more than last year.
