2021/03/11 11:20 Taiwan in travel bubble talks with Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. (Pixabay photo) Taiwan in travel bubble talks with Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. (Pixabay photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan is currently discussing travel bubbles with five countries, Transportation Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said Wednesday (March 10). During a question-and-answer session at the Legislative Yuan, Lin revealed that the Tourism Bureau has been in talks with Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam since late last year about setting up bilateral travel corridors with a shortened quarantine. Of these four countries, Singapore has had the most success containing the pandemic and is pursuing the proposal the most actively, he said.
In addition to Palau, the nation is in talks with four other countries about forming “travel bubbles,” Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) told lawmakers at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday.
“The Tourism Bureau has also been talking with counterparts from Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam since last year about the possibility of forming a travel bubble,” Lin said, answering questions from Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Hung Mong-kai (洪孟楷).
“Aside from Palau, the Singaporean government has the COVID-19 outbreak well under control and is most active in pursuing an opportunity to form a travel bubble
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterIn addition to Palau, the nation is in talks with four other countries about forming “travel bubbles,” Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung （林佳龍） told lawmakers at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday.
Digital diplomacy
Tourism Bureau Director-General Chang Hsi-chung, left, and Taiwan Visitors Association director Yeh Chu-lan yesterday hold an online forum at the Tourism Bureau in Taipei with officials from Aomori Prefecture in Japan. During the forum each side exchanged gifts and arranged for paper lantern artisans from Aomori Prefecture to visit Taiwan.
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Foreign visitor numbers may fall below 1m this year
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The number of international visitors is expected to fall below 1 million this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage around the world, the Tourism Bureau said yesterday.
Foreign travelers to Taiwan dropped from 11.84 million in 2019 to 1.377 million last year, bureau Director-General Chang Hsi-chung (張錫聰) told a media briefing in Taipei, adding that 1.3 million arrived during the first quarter, when the government had not yet banned foreign nationals from entering the country for tourism purposes.
With the travel ban still in the place, Chang said that the bureau was not optimistic about the projected number of foreign visitors this year.