Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po newspaper, according to statistics from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ** Immigration Department, more than 1.3 million visitors were recorded from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year (February 10 to 16) this year, close to the level of the 2019 Spring Festival (1.4 million), of which mainland tourists accounted for 877%, or 1.14 million passengers.
The picture shows the "God of Wealth Sending Treasure" parade passing through Canton Road in Hong Kong, sending blessings to the citizens and tourists along the way. **Photo by reporter Hou Yu The Hong Kong Immigration Department said that the average number of visitors to Hong Kong from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year was between 1280,000 to 2080,000, the total is 1305988. The Spring Festival holiday in 2019 was from the Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, with a total of 1.4 million visitors recorded over seven days. In that year, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year was the peak period for visitors to Hong Kong, with nearly 250,000 mainland visitors in a single day. The number of visitors from other countries and regions did not increase significantly during the Spring Festival this year, and remained at the level of about 20,000 for a long time, with a total of nearly 160,000 visitors on the seven days of the Spring Festival.
During this year's Spring Festival, the number of visitors to Macao was similar to that of Hong Kong, with a total of more than 1.23 million visitors recorded in the seven days, with a difference of only about 730,000 people. Among them, 77% of the total number of visitors from the Mainland came to Macao, with nearly 950,000 visitors, 19 fewer than those from the Mainland70,000 people.
In addition, 220,000 Hong Kong people visited Macao during the Spring Festival holiday, accounting for 17% of the total number of visitors to Macao9%, of which the third day of the Lunar New Year is the peak period, more than 410,000 people.