Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/06
By: Chen Cheng-wei and Romulo Huang
Taipei, July 6 (CNA) The number of foreign arrivals to Taiwan increased last year by
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5.3 percent to 10.44 million but visitor spending decreased by an annual 1.6 percent to US$14.39 billion, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said Wednesday.
The average length of stay for each visitor to Taiwan in 2015 was 6.63 nights, a decrease of 0.02 nights from the previous year, the DGBAS data showed.
The average daily spending by each visitor was US$208, representing a decrease of 6.3 percent from 2014, the DGBAS said. [FULL STORY]