Taiwan should look to international examples to boost tourism says Kao Ming-tu
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/16
By: Scott Morgan, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Tourists at National Palace Museum, Taipei (By Wikimedia Commons)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan should open an amusement park or consider lifting the ban on casinos to entice international tourism according to Kao Ming-tu (高洺塗), advisor to Taiwan’s travel agent association, reported the Liberty Times.
Taiwan should look to Singapore’s experience in boosting tourism through opening amusement parks in a bid to increase international tourism, and think about new forms of tourism to deal with Taiwan’s tourism deficit says Kao.
According to statistics from the Taiwan Tourism Bureau, Taiwan’s tourism deficit totaled NT$374 billion (US$12.13 billion) in 2017, meaning Taiwanese spent significantly more money abroad, than international tourists spent in Taiwan.
Kao suggests that the rise of cheap flights throughout the region has enticed Taiwanese travelers to look abroad, and suggested Taiwanese people will spend NT$780 billion (US$25.3 billion) on international travel this year, reported the Liberty Times.
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