22/06/2026
GBA 大灣區：Free marine travel 🤝👐💪🍾🍾💪
The HKBIA Council and Members joined the Maiden Voyage Ceremony at Nansha Marina on 18 June 2026. We are delighted to welcome the new scheme that allows yachts to travel freely into the .
On June 18, the first batch of more than 20 yachts from Hong Kong and Macao arrived at designated ports in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Zhongshan and entered the country to begin their maiden voyage, officially launching the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao yacht free travel program.
In May of this year, the State Council issued the "Approval on Temporarily Adjusting the Implementation of Relevant Administrative Regulations in the Nine Cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area," temporarily adjusting the hashtag of relevant provisions of the "Customs Affairs Guarantee Regulations" and the "Ship Registration Regulations" in the nine cities of the Greater Bay Area.
In June, the Guangdong Provincial People's Government issued the "Guangdong Provincial Measures for the Administration of Yacht Free Travel to Hong Kong and Macao" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures").
In the future, Hong Kong and Macao yachts holding temporary mainland vessel nationality certificates will be able to freely navigate within the nine mainland cities of the Greater Bay Area, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, and Zhaoqing, and conduct recreational activities in designated waters. It was also learned that the "Guangdong Yachts Going South" initiative is currently underway.
Read the full statement here:
https://hongkongbia.com/resources/Documents/PRESS%20RELEASE_ENGLISH.pdf
Exciting times ahead for the industry and we are delighted to share more news as they come.
