The vice president made remarks on impressive gains in Taiwan visitor numbers
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/03/03
By: Taiwan Today,Agencies
TAIPEI (Taiwan Today) — Despite the local sector going through a structural transition last
VP Chen Chien-jen outlines government policies at the Taiwan Tourism Festival March 1 (Courtesy of Office of the President)
year, Taiwan welcomed a record 10.74 million tourists, Chen said. The credit for this accomplishment largely goes to close public-private sector collaboration, he added.
The vice president made the remarks during the launch of the 2018 Tourism Festival in Taipei City. An initiative of the Tourism Bureau under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the annual event coincides with the Lantern Festival falling on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
According to Chen, some of the most impressive gains in visitor numbers during the same period were recorded by New Southbound Policy target countries. A surge of 30 percent took this figure to over 2 million for the first time and accounted for 20 percent of the total, he said. [FULL STORY]
