CLIMBING UP: Taiwan tourism numbers are up from last year and next year’s focus is to be on mountain tourism, which aims to highlight the beauty of the nation’s peaks
Taipei Times
Date: Nov 09, 2019
By: Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA
Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday forecast that
President Tsai Ing-wen, center, poses with Minister Without Portfolio Chang Ching-sen, left, Taiwan Visitors Association chairwoman Yeh Chu-lan, second left, Hakka Affairs Council Minister Lee Yung-te, second right, and Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung yesterday at the Taipei International Travel Fair at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
Lin made the remarks at the four-day Taipei International Travel Fair, which began yesterday.
Lin said his ministry expected the total number of tourists visiting Taiwan to grow to 11.8 million by the end of next month, 7 percent more compared to last year.
The Tourism Bureau is to be upgraded to the Tourism Administration and plans to convene a nationwide tourism symposium at the end of the year. [FULL STORY]
