Hongkongers crossed the border into Shenzhen in droves on the second day of the Easter vacation on Saturday, drawn by a wider vary of bargain-priced buying, eating and leisure choices, in addition to new landmark points of interest together with a futuristic tech museum.
While bracing for heavy rain, many travellers cited mainland China’s broader collection of buying centres and eating places, together with extra reasonably priced costs as key attracts. Some additionally stated neighbouring Shenzhen boasted contemporary cultural and leisure complexes hardly ever present in Hong Kong.
Immigration statistics on Saturday confirmed that 426,799 residents had departed Hong Kong as of 4pm, together with 320,256 who left through land border checkpoints with the mainland and one other 53,571 via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.
Among well-liked spots is the Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum, a new futuristic landmark in Guangming district that opened in May final 12 months.
Tennis coach Patrick Lam Chun-pan, 40, and his spouse took their two daughters, aged 9 and eight, to the spaceship-shaped museum, which has a complete ground space of about 128,300 sq. metres.