People head to cross the border at the Lo Wu Control Point in Hong Kong on Feb 7, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP)

HONG KONG - Hong Kong saw the peak number of arrivals Monday, the last day of the Easter holiday, according to data from the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government.

Nearly 780,000 people passed through Hong Kong on Monday, including 556,000 people arriving in Hong Kong and 224,000 people departing.

Also on Monday, Lo Wu Control Point, Hong Kong International Airport and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge were the sites with the highest number of people departing from Hong Kong

On Monday, more than 122,000 people were recorded entering Hong Kong via the Lo Wu Control Point, 106,000 people via the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point, 71,000 people via the Shenzhen Bay Control Point, 70,000 people via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, 57,000 people via Hong Kong International Airport and 52,000 people via the West Kowloon Station.

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Also on Monday, Lo Wu Control Point, Hong Kong International Airport and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge were the sites with the highest number of people departing from Hong Kong.

Hong Kong saw about 6.7 million inbound and outbound visits from April 1 to April 10.