More than 150,000 Chinese tourists have participated in Aboriginal community tours across the nation since the end of last year, the Tourism Bureau said.
Aboriginal culture is one of Taiwan’s unique assets, the bureau said, adding that it has formed partnerships with many of the nation’s Aboriginal communities through the national scenic area administrations and enacted specific rules for Chinese tour groups that visit Aboriginal communities.
Between Oct. 1 last year and Nov. 30 this year, about 157,000 Chinese tourists participated in tours around the nation’s Aboriginal communities. Meanwhile, the number of travel routes involving Aboriginal communities has increased from 15 to 32, the bureau said.
The number of Chinese tourists visiting the nation’s Aboriginal communities grew each month this year, the bureau said, adding that after the first tour group arrived in February, the number of Chinese visitors to Aboriginal communities between June and September grew by 522 percent, compared with the number between March and May.
Statistics from the bureau also showed that 1,390 Chinese tourists visited Aboriginal communities in October and the number jumped to 2,230 last month. The tours have taken Chinese tourists to Aboriginal communities in Taoyuan and Kaohsiung, as well as Nantou, Hualien, Taitung, Yilan and Pingtung counties, generating more than NT$30 million in revenue.
To showcase the various community tours offered around the nation, the bureau is planning to hold a three-day exhibition at the Taipei Railway Station starting on Saturday.
The exhibition includes some of the community tour options, including a bamboo-rafting tour hosted by the Donghe community in Taitung and a dance and tea feast hosted by the Saisiyat and Atayal communities in Miaoli.
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