HKIA launches “Park & Visit” service to let Greater Bay Area drivers park at bridge port and tour Hong Kong

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has rolled out a new “Park & Visit” scheme that lets eligible motorists from the nine mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and Macao drive across the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), park in a fully automated car park at the bridge’s Hong Kong Port and continue their journeys around the city on public transport. The service, launched on 25 July 2026, builds on last year’s “Park & Fly” programme for GBA residents using HKIA for international flights. Under the new arrangement, drivers obtain an online booking, clear mainland and Hong Kong immigration at the bridge port, leave their vehicles in a robotic parking system operated by Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) and board a shuttle to Lantau’s public-transport network. Airport operations executive director Steven Yiu said the scheme offers a “park-and-ride” alternative that should ease congestion in the urban core while funnelling high-spending visitors directly into leisure hotspots on Lantau Island. Discount packages with hotels, malls and attractions have been lined up to encourage overnight stays. The initiative coincides with the expansion of the government-run Southbound Travel Scheme, which from today allows private cars from all nine GBA cities to enter Hong Kong’s downtown area on short visits. Daily quotas for urban entry have doubled from 100 to 200 vehicles, and demand has been strong since online applications opened on 16 July. For corporate mobility managers, the new service simplifies ground logistics for mainland executives attending meetings in Hong Kong: drivers can leave cars securely at the port, clear formalities quickly under the bridge’s one-stop immigration model and rely on Hong Kong’s extensive public-transport grid for the last mile. Retailers and hotels near Tung Chung and the airport are expected to see an uptick in weekend traffic, while freight forwarders note the car park’s design—based on the “car hotel” concept—could eventually be adapted for light-commercial vehicles. AAHK says the automated facility—Hong Kong’s first—uses QR-code entry, licence-plate recognition and AI-controlled elevators to retrieve cars in under three minutes. Authorities are already studying whether similar infrastructure can be deployed at other land crossings such as the forthcoming Huanggang co-location terminal.