Golden Week holiday coming to the end

On the last day of the mainland’s May Day Golden Week holiday, some mainland tourists departed Hong Kong.

The Immigration Department anticipates today to be a peak day for outbound travel; as of 10:00 AM, over 169,000 passenger trips had been recorded, including over 19,000 departing mainland visitors.

At the West Kowloon High-Speed Rail Station waiting hall, the morning crowd was not heavy. The station signs only displayed morning and afternoon fares, and tickets for many long-distance and short-distance trains to various provinces and cities were already sold out.

One Shanghai passenger said he would take the high-speed rail to Shenzhen and then transfer to a flight home.

Some travelers have just arrived, taking advantage of the last day of the long holiday to make a same-day round trip to Hong Kong.

To manage passenger flow, the Hong Kong section of the High-Speed Rail will continue to add one pair of temporary train services daily between Hong Kong West Kowloon and Beijing West Station for the coming two days.