Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/31
By: Chang Ming-hsuan and Ko Lin
Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) The Tourism Bureau expressed optimism Tuesday about inbound
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tourism from the Philippines, thanks to a trial program starting next month offering Philippine nationals visa-free entry to Taiwan for up to 14 days.
Some 180,000 Filipinos visited Taiwan between January and August this year, an increase of more than 70 percent over the same period of last year, said bureau official Tsao Yi-shu (曹逸書).
The trial program will hopefully bring even more tourists from the Philippines to Taiwan by year-end, Tsao said.
The majority of Philippine tourists to Taiwan are young people, Tsao said, adding that their activities mostly involve shopping in major cities in northern Taiwan.
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