Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/31
By Fan Chin-yi and Ko Lin

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Hanoi, Dec. 31 (CNA) The number of travelers allowed to visit Taiwan will likely be reduced following the country’s suspension of visas for groups of Vietnamese tourists, Ho Chi Minh City-based tour operators said over the weekend.

Bui Luu Thu Mai, who manages Blue Sky Travel, said Saturday that not only will the number of travelers wishing to visit Taiwan be affected, travel companies that sell tours to the country will be affected.

Prior to the visa program, Vietnamese have been put off from visiting the country because of problems obtaining a Taiwan visa, she said.

Another travel agency representative, meanwhile, said the program helped Vietnamese traveling to Taiwan because it simplified the visa application process.
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