In more recent years it has also been the starting point for the main water route for shipments from Dongguan's enormous manufacturing sector to Hong Kong. Last September, moreover, passenger service began running between Hong Kong and Humen, and overnight this harbor town that had previously played host exclusively to cargo began drawing large numbers of business travelers.
扼守珠江門戶的虎門，自古是兵家必爭之地，也是東莞龐大製造業轉口香港的水路門戶。而二○○三年九月，「香港──虎門海上載客航線始航，原為貨物進出口的虎門也一躍成為商務人士匯聚之地，而原本就吃重的市區交通也更為擁擠。