Hong Kong saw over 1 million visitors during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday that ended on Saturday, according to data from the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government.
The department recorded a total of 1,002,075 arrivals during the three-day period, including 301,771 visitors from the Chinese mainland.
On Thursday, which marked the beginning of the holiday on the mainland, around 730,000 individuals traveled via Hong Kong.
More than 81,000 people, 79,000 people, and 49,000 people were recorded entering the city through the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point, Lo Wu Control Point, and Hong Kong International Airport.
For the first time in more than 4 years, the city's international dragon boat tournament was staged on Saturday after being postponed due to COVID-19.
More than 4,000 paddlers from 160 teams, including those from the mainland and other nations, competed over the course of two days in the event, which was coordinated by the Hong Kong Tourism Board and the Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association.
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