Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/08/24
By: Chen Wen-ting, Chen Chia-lun, Hsieh Chia-chen, Lu Hsien-feng
and S.C. Chang
Taipei, Aug. 24 (CNA) The drastic decrease in the number of Chinese visitors to Taiwan this year 
has forced a Taipei travel agency to close and more are likely to follow, an industry insider said Wednesday.
Genesis Travel Agency (創世紀旅行社), which specializes in group tour services to visitors from China, announced Tuesday that it was closing down and its remaining bookings for eight Chinese tour groups would be taken over by the Travel Agent Association of R.O.C., Taiwan.
“We can no longer pay the fees that we owe you,” Genesis said in a Facebook post. “Please try to find a way to solve the problem.”
Genesis was ordered to cease operations after the Tourism Bureau confirmed that the agency’s checks had been bouncing, indicating that it was in financial straits. [FULL STORY]
