Radio Taiwan International
Date: 06 November, 2020
By: Shirley Lin

A luxury trip takes you to a famous temple in Lukang[/caption] Local governments across Taiwan are doing all they can to help their tourism industries recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. By and large, Taiwan’s people have responded favorably to these efforts. But the price of one recently-offered travel package led to many raised eyebrows. How much is too much? 

Would you consider US$588 per person for a three-day, two-night trip to be expensive? That’s how much a recent travel package taking in famous sites across three Taiwan counties costs.

Many have reacted with surprise to this hefty price tag—hefty, at least, for domestic travel in Taiwan. For that price, some say, you could travel a full halfway across the island.
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