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Cross-boundary Travel Survey 2017

Introduction

The Planning Department has carried out a Cross-boundary Travel Survey about every two
to three years since 1999 to collect statistical information about the characteristics of cross-
boundary trips and trip makers. The 2017 Survey is the tenth round of the Survey. The 2017

Survey covered cross-boundary passenger trips between Hong Kong and the Mainland and
between Hong Kong and Macao, as well as cross-boundary vehicle trips between Hong Kong
and the Mainland during the period from November 16 to November 29, 2017 through the
11 boundary control points (Figure 1). A total of 68 400 passengers and 16 200 drivers were

interviewed during the two-week survey period. The information collected is used for updating
inputs to government’s planning work relating to cross-boundary travel.

The report entitled ‘Northbound Southbound 2017’ documenting results of the 2017 Survey
was released on February 28, 2019. The key results are presented in the following paragraphs.

Figure 1 - One of the 11 boundary control points
covered in the Survey - Lo Wu Control Point

Cross-boundary Passenger Trips

The 2017 Survey shows that the average daily number of cross-boundary passenger trips
between Hong Kong and the Mainland was 666 700, which was an increase of 2.8 per cent as
compared with the average daily of 648 800 trips recorded in 2015.

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