RECOVERY: The Tourism Bureau is to offer NT$60.5 million in funds to help the county, including NT$30 million in loans to aid tourism-related businesses
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 19, 2018
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
Premier William Lai (賴清德) yesterday urged the public to visit Hualien to help its tourism industry recover from a devastating earthquake earlier this month.
The government plans to provide a total of NT$60.5 million (US$2.06 million) to support the county’s tourism industry, he added.
The Tourism Bureau is to offer NT$30 million in loans to tourism-related businesses affected by the earthquake and NT$10 million to encourage travel agencies to bring tour groups to the county, Lai said in a Facebook post with two pictures featuring the county’s scenery.
The bureau also offers accommodation subsidies of NT$500 per person for group and independent travelers on three-day tours of the county, he said. [FULL STORY]