VICIOUS CYCLE:The nation is entrenched in a tourism pattern that offers low-quality and low-profit package tours to Chinese visitors, former TSU legislator Chou Ni-an said
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 12, 2016
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) members yesterday condemned China for manipulating the tourism
Former Taiwan Solidarity Union legislator Chou Ni-an, center, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday, calling on the tourism industry to do more to prevent over-reliance on the China market. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
market in a bid to coerce Taiwan ahead of a planned protest by travel operators today, saying the tourism industry needs to reform and break away from overdependence on China.
China has restricted tourism to Taiwan as the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration refuses to accept the so-called “1992 consensus,” which is part of China’s attempt to annex Taiwan by economic coercion, TSU Youth Department deputy director Hsu Ya-chi (許亞齊) said.
The “1992 consensus,” a term former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi (蘇起) admitted making up in 2000, refers to a tacit understanding between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese government that both sides of the Taiwan Strait acknowledge there is “one China,” with each side having its own interpretation of what “China” means.
“Taiwan’s tourism industry, as well as other industries, has to diversify its client base and seek international customers to escape overreliance on the Chinese market and hostile political manipulation,” Hsu said. [FULL STORY]