Boundary crossings to rise 11pc for Tuen Ng Festival

The National Immigration Administration projected on Tuesday an 11.7-percent year-on-year increase in border entries and exits during the upcoming Tuen Ng Festival, or Dragon Boat Festival, break, with a daily average of 2.2 million crossings nationwide.

The peak daily passenger throughput is expected to reach 2.35 million trips for Dragon Boat Festival, which begins on Friday, according to the administration's figures.

The country's major international airports, including those in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, are expected to see a modest rise in passenger traffic during the holiday.

Crossings at some land boundary ports in southern China are likely to experience a much sharper increase, driven by a combination of tourism, family visits and a packed schedule of dragon boat races and large-scale events across Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, the administration said.

Among the busiest crossings, Shenzhen's Luohu checkpoint is expected to handle an average of 260,000 cross-border passenger trips per day, while the Gongbei port in Zhuhai is projected to process about 370,000 cross-boundary movements per day. (Xinhua)

Edited by Tony Sabine ...