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The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) has secured NT$22.397 billion (US$808.44 million) from the Executive Yuan’s COVID-19 special relief funding for the transportation and tourism industries, which have been severely affected by strict disease prevention measures, it said yesterday.
The funding was about NT$400 million less than the ministry had originally requested, it said.
Unlike last year, when restrictions implemented by the Central Epidemic Command Center mainly affected outbound tourism and transportation operators, new measures have directly affected the domestic market across the board, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) told an online news conference.
“As much as we would
More countries and territories are interested in forming “travel bubbles” with Taiwan, the Tourism Bureau said yesterday.
Earlier this year, then-minister of transportation and communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) told a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee that, in addition to Palau, the nation was negotiating “travel bubble” agreements with the governments of Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Singapore.
Yesterday, bureau Director-General Chang Hsi-chung (張錫聰) told reporters on the sidelines of a committee meeting that more nations are seeking to ink “travel bubble” agreements with Taiwan.
Some of them have submitted proposals through diplomatic channels, while others have consulted the bureau, he said.
The bureau
2021/04/22 19:35 (Marina Bay Sands image) (Marina Bay Sands image) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Following the success of the Taiwan to Palau travel bubble, the Tourism Bureau announced on Thursday (April 22) that it is actively negotiating with Vietnam, Guam, Hawaii, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore on setting up similar travel bubbles. On Thursday morning, Tourism Bureau Director-General Chang Hsi-chung (張錫聰) said that tourism representatives from Asia-Pacific destinations Taiwanese frequent, including Vietnam, Guam, Hawaii, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore, came to Taiwan this week, reported BCC. Chang said that the six countries and states are actively negotiating the establishment of new tourism bubbles with Taiwan and will discuss the loosening of epidemic prevention regulations with the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).