Beijing Bans Individual Tourism to Taiwan
At CNN, Ben Westcott and Yong Xiong report that Beijing has suspended a program allowing...
Jul 31, 2019
At CNN, Ben Westcott and Yong Xiong report that Beijing has suspended a program allowing...
Aug 24, 2016
Relations between China and Taiwan have chilled significantly since Tsai Ing-wen of the...
Apr 5, 2016
Growing tourism between China and Taiwan is part of an array of heightened contacts meant, from...
Nov 6, 2015
Badiucao marks the surprise meeting between Chinese and Taiwanese presidents Xi Jinping and Ma...
Feb 18, 2010
From the Taipei Times: More than 646,000 Chinese have made sightseeing trips to Taiwan in the 18 months since the government relaxed regulations on Chinese tourists in July 2008, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said...
Oct 15, 2009
From AFP: Taiwan and China are set to swap tourism offices by the end of the year in yet another sign of warming ties between the former rivals, local media reported Thursday. Representatives from the Taiwan Strait Tourism...
Jul 18, 2009
From AFP: Chinese tourists have generated 764 million US dollars in revenue for Taiwan in a year, as ties rapidly improve between the formal rivals, a report here said Saturday. Some 370,000 Chinese tourists have visited Taiwan...
Jul 17, 2009
As reported in the Taiwan News, Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau Director-General Janice Lai is currently in Beijing discussing issues regarding PRC tourists visiting Taiwan: To the best of her understanding, Lai said, Chinese...
Oct 26, 2008
From AFP: Taiwan welcomed the first Chinese visitors arriving on direct flights three months ago as a boon for tourism, but global financial troubles and local political uncertainty might deflate such hopes. Taiwan has severely...
Sep 22, 2008
The Taiwan News reports that a majority of Chinese tourists have enjoyed their stay in Taiwan: Chinese tourists who have visited Taiwan since July 4 have given an average approval rating of 91 percent to tourism in Taiwan, the...
Jul 15, 2008
From the Xinhua News Network: They came; they saw; and they planted seeds of hope for improving mutual understanding across the Taiwan Straits. More than 400 mainland tourists – part of the 750-member inaugural mainland...
Jun 22, 2008
From AP: Chinese visitors to Taiwan will not be allowed to gamble or engage in “pornographic activities,” China’s state news agency reported Sunday. The warning was issued by the Cross-Strait Tourism...
May 4, 2008
From New York Times: At his hotel here, a short drive from scenic Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan, Chang Tse-yen is already making plans for a possible boom in tourism from mainland China. If officials in Taipei and Beijing...
Apr 29, 2008
If, as expected, China and Taiwan conclude an agreement this summer allowing many more Chinese mainlanders onto the island for tourism, some say local businesses will prosper, but others worry that Taiwan’s scenic spots...