Officials said the number of outbound people using land border checkpoints would account for 601,000 trips on Friday and 589,000 inbound journeys next Monday as Hongkongers returned.
The department said it expected heavy traffic, with about 207,000 people using the Lo Wu crossing, 169,000 at the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line and 143,000 via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge every day over the 10-day period.
But Caspar Tsui Ying-wai, executive director of the Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners, said occupancy had dropped in early March after the Lunar New Year holiday and the sector was not necessarily looking for a rebound over Easter.
“Easter, like Christmas, is not a public holiday on the mainland,” he said. “So we primarily rely on tourists from other surrounding cities, such as those in Southeast Asia.”
But he added other events would help bolster the…