Why do many places require travel agencies to apply for Hong Kong and Macao passes and passports?

Mainly because there are currently only 49 cities in the country for free travel to Hong Kong and Macao.

Other places that do not belong to these 49 cities need to entrust a travel agency to handle it, and at the same time need to go with a group .

The application for Hong Kong and Macao passes is actually done at the Public Security Bureau, but at the Exit-Entry Administration Office under the Public Security Bureau.

Currently, residents of ***49 cities across the country can travel to Hong Kong as "individual tourists".

The cities that have opened "individual travel" include:

1. Beijing

2. Shanghai

3. Guangdong Province (the whole province): Zhongshan, Jiangmen , Foshan, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Huizhou, Shaoguan, Heyuan, Zhanjiang, Yangjiang, Shanwei, Maoming, Jieyang, Shantou, Chaozhou, Qingyuan, Meizhou, Zhaoqing, Yunfu

4. Jiangsu Province: Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou

5. Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou, Ningbo, Taizhou

6. Fujian Province: Fuzhou (urban area only), Quanzhou, Xiamen

< p> 7. Tianjin

8. Chongqing

9. Sichuan Province: Chengdu

10. Shandong Province: Jinan

11. Liaoning Province: Shenyang, Dalian

12. Guangxi Province: Nanning

13. Hainan Province: Haikou

14. Hunan Province: Changsha

< p> 15. Guizhou Province: Guiyang

16. Yunnan Province: Kunming

17. Jiangxi Province: Nanchang

18. Jilin Province: Changchun

19. Hebei Province: Shijiazhuang

20. Henan Province: Zhengzhou

21. Hubei Province: Wuhan

22. Anhui Province: Hefei< /p>