Taiwan News
Date: 2016-01-22
By: Chia Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

The number of Chinese tourists to Taiwan is to be cut by about a third after March 20th, said the Taiwan Strait Tourism Association (TSTA) Friday, after they received reports from local travel agencies saying that they have been notified with such information from their Chinese counterparts.

The number of Chinese tourists to Taiwan is to be cut by about a third after March 20th, said the Taiwan Strait Tourism Association (TSTA) Friday, after they received reports from local travel agencies saying that they have been notified with such information from their Chinese counterparts.

Lee Chia-bin, head of the TSTA, said today that the cut in tourists number seems to be the real deal, as more and more local agencies have come to report about their Chinese counterparts’ decision to lower the number of Taiwan-bound tour groups. However, given there is no official notification from the Beijing government, the authenticity of such information remains to be verified.     [FULL  STORY]