‘Everyone wants to make history’: revamped Huanggang Port opens to brisk business

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The revamped Huanggang Port has reopened to heavy visitor traffic, with Hong Kong tour operators and border-area shops benefiting from brisk business. Its 24-hour joint clearance arrangement could boost cross-border tourism, though crowd-control measures have constrained some trade at the entrance.

Hong Kong travel agencies and border shops have capitalised on the opening of the revamped Huanggang Port as thousands of visitors poured through the control point, with special tours on offer and shopkeepers reporting brisk business. Agents said the port’s 24-hour joint clearance arrangements could give cross-border tourism a major boost, although crowd control measures dampened trade at the checkpoint entrance. Tour groups organised by Hong Kong travel agency Big Line Holiday were among the...