Since the start of the summer holidays last month, traffic at Zhongshan Passenger Port has gone up.

The port recorded more than 50,400 inbound and outbound trips in July alone — a 15 percent month-on-month growth, comprising about 26,500 outbound journeys and 23,900 inbound visits.

As a vital maritime transport hub linking Guangdong province, Hong Kong and Macao, the port is one of the most convenient and busiest on the western shore of the Pearl River Estuary. It handles an average of over 1,600 passenger trips daily during the summer vacation — mostly tourists, those on study tours and family visits, and shoppers.