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Thousands poured into Taiwan for the holidays
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February 3, 2009, Tuesday
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ABOUT 13,400 Chinese mainland tourists flocked to Taiwan last week, spending 850 million New Taiwan dollars (US$25.5 million) in their first Spring Festival holiday on the island.
Each visitor spent a daily average of about NT$9,000 from January 26, the first day of the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, to February 1, said Chang Shi-Chung of the Taiwan tourism authority yesterday.
About 60 percent of mainland tourists opted for a seven-night schedule, and the arrivals peaked on January 26, when more than 3,000 arrived, he said.
Taiwan's Sun-Moon Lake drew the most mainland visitors, attracting 12,647, followed by Ali Mountain at 10,690.
Increasingly warm mainland-Taiwan relations and policy changes in the past year have boosted the cross-Strait tourism business.
At a meeting in June last year, Taiwan agreed to open up to mainland tourists from July. They can stay in Taiwan for up to 15 days.
At the meeting, the mainland agreed to allow residents from 13 provinces and municipalities to tour Taiwan. On January 20, it extended the arrangement to another 12 provinces.
Before last July, charter flights were only available during four major traditional Chinese festivals and flights had to cross the Taiwan Strait by way of Hong Kong airspace.
The two sides added weekend charter flights in July and daily direct flights in December.
Each visitor spent a daily average of about NT$9,000 from January 26, the first day of the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, to February 1, said Chang Shi-Chung of the Taiwan tourism authority yesterday.
About 60 percent of mainland tourists opted for a seven-night schedule, and the arrivals peaked on January 26, when more than 3,000 arrived, he said.
Taiwan's Sun-Moon Lake drew the most mainland visitors, attracting 12,647, followed by Ali Mountain at 10,690.
Increasingly warm mainland-Taiwan relations and policy changes in the past year have boosted the cross-Strait tourism business.
At a meeting in June last year, Taiwan agreed to open up to mainland tourists from July. They can stay in Taiwan for up to 15 days.
At the meeting, the mainland agreed to allow residents from 13 provinces and municipalities to tour Taiwan. On January 20, it extended the arrangement to another 12 provinces.
Before last July, charter flights were only available during four major traditional Chinese festivals and flights had to cross the Taiwan Strait by way of Hong Kong airspace.
The two sides added weekend charter flights in July and daily direct flights in December.
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