FINANCIAL LOSSES: The Travel Bureau said that it is considering giving self-employed tour guides monthly subsidies of NT$10,000 for three consecutive months
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 03, 2020
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
An arrival board at Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport) yesterday shows most flights having been canceled.
Photo: CNA
The Tourism Bureau is studying the feasibility of the proposal after Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) on Wednesday met with representatives of travel and tour guide associations to discuss how the ministry could help them as their businesses suffer because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ministry said.
Tour guides have also experienced financial losses, as travel agencies have stopped organizing overseas tour groups or hosting tourists from other nations, the bureau said. [FULL STORY]
