Radio Taiwan International
Date: 12 August, 2019
By: Leslie Liao

The county chiefs of three outlying Taiwanese island chains have met with Chinese officials in Beijing to discuss a recent travel ban. On August 1, China stopped giving its citizens independent travel permits to visit Taiwan. That means that Chinese tourists to Taiwan can only come as part of a tour group.

The officials from Kinmen, Lienchiang, and Penghu counties say that the new ban has hurt local tourism and industry. As a result, Kinmen County Magistrate Yang Cheng-wu invited Lienchiang Magistrate Liu Cheng-ying and Penghu County Magistrate Lai Feng-wei to join him on a trip to visit officials in Beijing.    [FULL  STORY]