Northbound travel for Macau vehicles surges by 38.7 pct in Jan–Nov 2024

 The number of trips by Macau vehicles entering mainland China under the Northbound Travel for Macau Vehicles policy soared by 38.7 per cent year-on-year to nearly 1.39 million journeys in the first 11 months of 2024, the neighbouring Guangdong provincial authorities revealed.

Quoted by the Guangdong government-owned Nanfang Daily, the administration stated that this latest tally has surpassed the total volume for the entire year of 2023.

Since the introduction of the Northbound Travel for Macau Vehicles policy in early 2023, over 49,000 Macau drivers and more than 37,800 vehicles with Macau registration plates have registered and become eligible to journey to the mainland.

This initiative permits vehicles only with Macau registration plates to travel into Guangdong province, eliminating the need for plates from both Macau and the mainland, as was previously required. Initially capped at 100 cars per day, the maximum number of Macau vehicles permitted to travel to Guangdong daily under the scheme has now been raised to 2,000, with each trip lasting up to 30 days in the neighbouring province.

Starting from September, foreign passport-holding permanent residents of Macau are also eligible to apply under this scheme.

With an aim of accelerating the integration of Macau into the mainland, the Northbound Travel for Macau Vehicles policy has been identified as one of the factors leading to decreased local consumption in Macau, especially in residential and neighbourhood areas such as the northern district.

Meanwhile, Macau Daily News, the city’s largest newspaper, reported on Tuesday that the Guangdong authorities are looking to further “optimise” the Northbound Travel for Macau Vehicles policy and a similar initiative for Hong Kong in the future, without providing specific details.

The Guangdong administration added that it plans to “progressively accelerate” the Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles policy, enabling vehicles with Guangdong registration plates only to travel to Hong Kong and Macau.

Last month, the Department of Transport of Guangdong unveiled administrative measures for Guangdong vehicles to access and exit the car parks at the Hong Kong Port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge as the initial phase of Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles. However, no official date has been set for Guangdong vehicles to enter the Hong Kong Port.

In addition, there have been no discussions regarding the entry of vehicles with Guangdong plates only into Macau, an issue that continues to be contentious within the local community due to traffic conditions in Macau.

https://www.macaubusiness.com/northbound-travel-for-macau-vehicles-surges-by-38-7-per-cent-in-jan-nov-2024/

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