International visitors to Taiwan from next month will be eligible to participate in a draw in which 500,000 individual tourists would receive cash incentives, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday.
Individual travelers to Taiwan are to be eligible to receive NT$5,000 each.
Meanwhile, each tour group arriving from overseas is to receive up to NT$50,000 if staying in Taiwan for at least three days, the Ministry of Transportation and Communication said yesterday.
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The ministry developed the incentive program to expedite the arrival of international tourists after setting a goal of attracting 6 million international tourists this year.
More than 1 million international tourists arrived during the first quarter of this year, exceeding an earlier target of 820,000.
With a tentative start date of May 1, individual tourists next month would be able to enter the draw at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport), Taichung International Airport and Kaohsiung International Airport, the ministry said.
The draw is not available to those arriving via cruise ships or the “three small links” connecting Kinmen and Lienchiang counties to China, it added.
Separately, to address labor shortages in the hospitality industry, hotels and bed-and-breakfasts are to receive NT$5,000 per new hire each month for one year to incentivize hiring, the transportation ministry said.
To receive the funding, new employees must be paid at least NT$33,000 per month if in Taipei, Taoyuan, New Taipei City, Keelung, Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City, while those in other cities and counties must be paid a monthly salary of NT$31,000 or more, the ministry said.
New hires must be employed for more than six consecutive months, it added.
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