Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/23
By: Lee Hsin-Yin

American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen (second row, seventh left) / image taken from AIT Facebook

Taipei, Nov. 23 (CNA) Next year will be a “travel year” between Taiwan and the United States to celebrate the Taiwan Relations Act’s 40th anniversary, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen said Friday.

The tourism program will introduce various activities and campaigns to promote two-way travel between Taiwan and the U.S., Christensen said while attending the opening of the USA Pavilion at the 2018 Taipei International Travel Fair, the biggest travel fair in Taiwan.

It will be one of several activities to celebrate the U.S. Congress’ passage of the act in 1979 after Washington severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan, he said.

Christensen also lauded Taiwan’s participation in two American “Trusted Traveler” programs, which he credited for boosting visits by Taiwanese to the United States.
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