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Taipei, Aug. 22 (CNA) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport began offering free bus services to Taoyuan on Monday as an alternative to quarantine taxis, according to the airport management corporation.
About 20 percent of international arrivals at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport were yesterday picked up by friends or relatives, Taoyuan International Airport Corp said, after the Central Epidemic Command Center on Saturday eased a rule that incoming travelers must take designated taxis to their quarantine location.
The airport also began accepting transiting passengers on their way to a third country after the service had been suspended for more than one year.
The company said that 958 travelers arrived at the airport during peak hours from 5am to 7am, 20 percent of whom were picked up by friends or relatives after completing a
The number of Chinese nationals entering Taiwan has dropped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, with no Chinese arriving as tourists, government statistics showed.
Only about 13,000 Chinese entered Taiwan last year amid strict border control measures to prevent the virus spreading, compared with more than 2.68 million in 2019.
Chinese nationals must apply for a visa before entering Taiwan. They may enter the nation for social exchanges, professional exchanges, business exchanges, medical exchanges or tourism, according to the Act on Permission for Entrance of People of the Mainland Area into the Taiwan Area (大陸地區人民進入台灣地區許可辦法).
The number of Chinese nationals who visited Taiwan for