Whatever helps to promote tourism in Taiwan to the Chinese people -- one of the government's cross-strait policies -- will be encouraged, senior Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) officials said yesterday, one day before a group of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) representatives leaves for China.
On the eve of their departure to push for Taiwan's opening to Chinese tourists, KMT Policy Committee convener Tseng Yung-chuan (
BEIJING MEETING
A KMT group, which will include the director of the party's mainland affairs department, Chang Jung-kung (
Earlier yesterday, at a press conference at the Legislative Yuan, Tseng called on the council to send high-ranking officials to Beijing with his group.
MAC officials, however, declined to respond to the request.
GOVERNMENT POLICY
MAC Deputy Chairman Johnnason Liu (
"The government will keep encouraging things, which will lead to positive promotion of Taiwan's tourism to Chinese tourists," Liu told Tseng and Chiang.
According to Tseng, the KMT wants to gain a better understanding of Beijing's views on the tourism issue.
The delegation also wants to help explore the feasibility of allowing Chinese tourists to come to Taiwan for the mutual benefit both sides.
ECONOMIC BOOST
Saying that opening up Taiwan to Chinese tourists could generate at least NT$50 billion (US$1.49 billion) in tourist dollars and business opportunities worth more than NT$100 billion, Tseng said such a move was the right way to revive Taiwan's economy.
During its visit the KMT group also hopes to promote charter flights across the Taiwan Strait for tourists to facilitate two-way tourist exchanges.
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