One bridge connects three places, and the craze surges into the bay area. Since its official opening on October 23, 2018, as of 8:00 am on October 22 this year, the number of passengers traveling between Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao at the Zhuhai Highway Port of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge has exceeded 93.34 million, and the cumulative number of vehicles has exceeded 19.42 million. According to data from the Zhuhai Border Inspection Station and the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge Border Inspection Station, in 2019, a total of 12.88 million inbound and outbound personnel and 860000 vehicles were inspected at the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge Border Inspection Station; In 2024, the inspection passenger flow at the border checkpoint has increased to 27 million, and the number of vehicles has grown to 5.55 million. From 2025 to present, the number of inbound and outbound passenger and vehicular traffic through ports has exceeded 25.1 million and 5.46 million respectively, with year-on-year growth of 17% and 25%, respectively. With the continuous growth trend of passenger and traffic flow at ports, it is expected that by 2025, the passenger flow at ports will exceed 30 million and the traffic flow will exceed 6 million vehicles. ”The head of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge border inspection station, Chen Shifa, said. The data shows that the continuously increasing "southbound" passenger flow is the main factor driving the growth of port traffic. With the continuous expansion of "individual travel" cities from mainland China to Hong Kong and Macao and the implementation of the "one visa, multiple trips" and "one week, one trip" policies for tourism to Hong Kong and Macao, the cross city boutique tourism routes built on the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge have become popular, and the number of mainland residents visiting Hong Kong and Macao for leisure, entertainment, and exchange has significantly increased. Since the beginning of this year, the number of mainland tourists inspected at the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge border checkpoint has exceeded 10.15 million, of which over 4.6 million hold Hong Kong and Macao tourist visas, setting a new historical high for the same period since the opening of the port. The passenger flow to the north has also increased significantly. The opening of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge has shortened the travel time from Hong Kong to Zhuhai and Macau from 3 hours to about 45 minutes. After the official implementation of the policies of "Australian cars heading north" and "Hong Kong cars heading north" in 2023, there has been a significant increase in the number of Hong Kong and Macao residents, especially those who drive north. In 2023, the daily traffic flow at the Zhuhai Highway Port of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge is about 9000 vehicles, and from 2025 to today, it has exceeded 18000 vehicles. (New Society)