Tourism firms are planning to recruit new workers in the hope that the government would ease or lift border restrictions in the second half of this year.
Taiwan has had one of the world’s strictest border controls during the COVID-19 pandemic including a ban on foreign tourists. The nation also required all overseas arrivals to undergo 14 days of quarantine from March 2020 to March this year.
The restrictions have led to a considerable decline in overseas arrivals, from 11.86 million in 2019 to 140,479 last year, hurting companies catering to international travelers.
The mandatory quarantine period was in March lowered to 10
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