The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is establishing 18 tourist attraction zones, each made distinct and unique with local specialties, to break the uniformity of Taiwan’s night markets, scenic hotspots and old streets, Minister of Transportation and Communications Li Meng-yen (李孟諺) said on Saturday.
The Tourism Bureau would work with all 13 national scenic management offices and local county and city governments to ensure that each of the 18 tourism zones has unique characteristics and does not overlap with other zones, Li told Mirror TV.
The bureau has compiled a list of excellent quality hotels in the hopes of combating the high price of rooms affecting domestic tourism, he said.
Photo: CNA
The ministry aims to consolidate the number of tourists coming from Southeast and Northeast Asia, Li said.
It also plans to increase the number of tourists from Indonesia and India, and entice more from Europe and the Americas, the minister said.
In terms of the number of tourists from other countries, Japan is still in first place, with Hong Kong and Macau in second, South Korea in third, the US in fourth and Malaysia in fifth, Li said.
The ministry’s policies must retain tourists from these countries, while taking measures — such as engaging with Internet streamers in Indonesia and India — to promote tourism in Taiwan more effectively, he said.
The ministry would establish offices in India and Indonesia to promote Taiwan while adopting other measures, such as simplifying entry procedures for citizens of both countries, Li said.
It would also be working to increase the flights to Europe and the Americas, he said, adding that the number of flights to Seattle increased this month.
These measures would hopefully enable the ministry to meet its goal of having 10 million tourists visit the nation this year, Li said.
As of the first half of this year, Taiwan has only had 3.8 million tourists, short of its goal of 6.2 million.
Li said that the number of Taiwanese tourists visiting China far outstrips the number of Chinese tourists coming to Taiwan.
There is an evident discrepancy between China and Taiwan regarding independent and group tours, he said, adding that he hoped this situation would improve.
TRAGEDY: An expert said that the incident was uncommon as the chance of a ground crew member being sucked into an IDF engine was ‘minuscule’ A master sergeant yesterday morning died after she was sucked into an engine during a routine inspection of a fighter jet at an air base in Taichung, the Air Force Command Headquarters said. The officer, surnamed Hu (胡), was conducting final landing checks at Ching Chuan Kang (清泉崗) Air Base when she was pulled into the jet’s engine for unknown reasons, the air force said in a news release. She was transported to a hospital for emergency treatment, but could not be revived, it said. The air force expressed its deepest sympathies over the incident, and vowed to work with authorities as they
A tourist who was struck and injured by a train in a scenic area of New Taipei City’s Pingsi District (平溪) on Monday might be fined for trespassing on the tracks, the Railway Police Bureau said yesterday. The New Taipei City Fire Department said it received a call at 4:37pm on Monday about an incident in Shifen (十分), a tourist destination on the Pingsi Railway Line. After arriving on the scene, paramedics treated a woman in her 30s for a 3cm to 5cm laceration on her head, the department said. She was taken to a hospital in Keelung, it said. Surveillance footage from a
BITTERLY COLD: The inauguration ceremony for US president-elect Donald Trump has been moved indoors due to cold weather, with the new venue lacking capacity A delegation of cross-party lawmakers from Taiwan, led by Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), for the inauguration of US president-elect Donald Trump, would not be able to attend the ceremony, as it is being moved indoors due to forecasts of intense cold weather in Washington tomorrow. The inauguration ceremony for Trump and US vice president-elect JD Vance is to be held inside the Capitol Rotunda, which has a capacity of about 2,000 people. A person familiar with the issue yesterday said although the outdoor inauguration ceremony has been relocated, Taiwan’s legislative delegation has decided to head off to Washington as scheduled. The delegation
Another wave of cold air would affect Taiwan starting from Friday and could evolve into a continental cold mass, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Temperatures could drop below 10°C across Taiwan on Monday and Tuesday next week, CWA forecaster Chang Chun-yao (張竣堯) said. Seasonal northeasterly winds could bring rain, he said. Meanwhile, due to the continental cold mass and radiative cooling, it would be cold in northern and northeastern Taiwan today and tomorrow, according to the CWA. From last night to this morning, temperatures could drop below 10°C in northern Taiwan, it said. A thin coat of snow
RSS