Taiwan airport offers ‘pretend to go abroad’ airport tours amid Covid-19 pandemic

CNN
Date: 12th June 2020
By: Ben Westcott, CNN

A view of Taipei’s Songshan International Airport logo in January.
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CNN) — With planes grounded and most tourism on hold during the coronavirus pandemic, one Taiwanese airport has come up with a unique solution to help citizens get their travel fix.

Taipei's Songshan airport will give 90 people the chance to take a tour of their airport and relive the experience of going through immigration, boarding a plane and then disembarking and returning home.

"Can't leave (Taiwan), then pretend to go abroad at Songshan," a flier posted to the airport's website read.

Songshan is the smaller of Taipei's two international airports and is located in the center of the city beside the Keelung River.    [FULL  STORY]

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