Before winter vacation, I planned to take my family to Macau for a stroll. My two children also wanted to visit Hengqin Chimelong, but they were worried about the difficulty of arranging their itinerary. The travel agency recommended a tourist visa for Qinhuangdao, which allows me to travel to and from Qinhuangdao multiple times within 7 days. I immediately signed up for a tour, "said Mr. Li from Guangzhou. This convenient policy launched by the National Immigration Administration accurately solved his urgent need for cross-border travel. With the start of the Spring Festival travel rush and the surge of cross-border cultural and tourism, Hengqin Port has ushered in a peak in passenger flow. The "Qin'ao Tourism Group" convenience policy continues to release dividends, becoming an "accelerator" for the development of cultural and tourism industries in both Qin'ao and Qin'ao. According to the statistics of Hengqin Border Inspection Station of Zhuhai Border Inspection General Station, since the Spring Festival travel rush in 2026, the daily average number of users of this visa has doubled compared to the same period last year. The number of users in the first 10 days (February 2-11) was about 30000, driving the Spring Festival travel flow at Hengqin Port to exceed 1.12 million, a year-on-year increase of 31.1%. The daily passenger flow has exceeded 100000 for 10 consecutive days. The "Qin'ao Tourism Group" policy allows mainland residents to participate in the group to travel multiple times between Hengqin and Macau within 7 days using a "group in and group out" method with a special visa. Two people can form a group and the application is convenient, effectively solving the pain points of single round trip and limited itinerary for ordinary tourism visas in the past. To ensure the effective implementation of policies, the Hengqin Border Inspection Station has jointly issued management and implementation rules with the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone (hereinafter referred to as the "Cooperation Zone"), clarifying the grouping process and travel agency qualification standards. Currently, 56 travel agencies have obtained operating qualifications, organized more than 27000 tour groups, and served over 110000 tourists. The continuous release of policy dividends has effectively activated the endogenous driving force of the cultural and tourism industries in Qinhuangdao and Macao, promoting the deep complementarity of cultural and tourism resources between the two places, and widely promoting the "multi stop" tourism model. Travel agencies have launched characteristic routes that integrate Macau's historical and cultural heritage with the ecological and leisure resources of the cooperation zone, covering types such as parent-child tours, leisure tours, and performance tours. According to Yang Song, Deputy General Manager of China Travel Service Co., Ltd. at Gongbei Port in Guangdong Province, nearly 80% of tourists come from regular bulk and personalized customized products. This visa significantly increases tourists' willingness to travel, not only enriching the customer base structure, but also significantly extending the per capita stay time, effectively driving the growth of related industries such as transportation, accommodation, and catering. The low threshold design of 2-person group travel further stimulates the enthusiasm of niche groups such as family trips and best friend trips. According to statistics, the cooperation zone will receive over 16.5 million tourists in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%, and the passenger flow at Hengqin Port will exceed 30 million. The surge in passenger flow during the Spring Festival travel rush is a vivid reflection of the effectiveness of the "Qin'ao Tourism Group" policy. As a catalyst for the integration of culture and tourism between Qinzhou and Macao, this convenient policy not only makes cross-border travel more convenient for the public, but also promotes the coordinated development of cultural and tourism industries in both regions, injecting strong impetus into the construction of the integration of Qinzhou and Macao. To cope with the peak passenger flow during the Spring Festival travel rush, the Hengqin Border Inspection Station has taken multiple measures to optimize customs clearance services: upgrading the intelligent inspection system, setting up a dedicated waiting area for "multiple round trip passengers", and ensuring that the signed passengers can quickly clear customs through the cooperative fast track; Advance the customs clearance guidelines to the visa application process, and arrange volunteers at the port to provide consultation guidance. During peak passenger flow, timely open inspection channels to ensure smooth customs clearance in all aspects. (New Society)