Motorists from Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Huizhou and Zhaoqing with confirmed travel bookings will be able to drive into Hong Kong’s urban areas via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao (HZM) Bridge starting July 25, as parts of the latest expansion of the Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles program.
Motorists from the newly added cities can submit travel applications starting 9am on July 16. Also, from July 25, the daily booking quota for Guangdong motorists who want to drive into the urban area of Hong Kong will be increased from 100 to 200 vehicles per day, the Hong Kong government announced on Monday.
The cross-border driving program has been implemented in phases. The first stage, which started in November 2025 under the name “Park and Fly”, allowed Guangdong drivers to enter the city via the HZM Bridge and leave their cars in parking lots near the checkpoint, a move that aimed to make travel to Hong Kong International Airport easier.
The second stage was implemented in December of 2025, allowing Guangdong motorists with confirmed travel bookings to drive into Hong Kong’s urban areas.
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Currently, the urban travel program is open to drivers from Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Jiangmen and Zhongshan. After the expansion, the program will apply to all nine Chinese mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The Guangdong and Hong Kong governments have also agreed to gradually expand the program to all other cities in Guangdong province by the first quarter of 2027, the government statement said.
Guangdong vehicles from the four new cities will be able to use the “Park and Fly” service starting from June 15, with applications open from 9am on Tuesday.
The program has seen growing popularity, according to government data. As of the end of May 2026, around 8,400 applications had been approved entry into Hong Kong’s urban area, with a total of 6,700 travel bookings. The bookings were oversubscribed by two to three times during the last Labour Day break.
Over 8,600 user registration applications for the “Park & Fly” service of the port carpark have been received, with more than 4,000 bookings.
Mable Chan, secretary for transport and logistics of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said the SAR government will continue to take forward the southbound travel program, enabling the inflow of additional tourists from more mainland cities to help drive Hong Kong’s economic growth and promote the integrated development of Guangdong and Hong Kong to a new level.
