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Talks to ease tourism restrictions

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Taiwan will hold talks with the mainland later this month to further relax mainland rules on allowing its tourists to visit the island. Janice Lai, director-general of the Tourism Bureau said, ‘The two sides will meet in Hong Kong before or after the Chinese New Year holiday to discuss about the expansion of visits to Taiwan...

Empty seats show glitches in China-Taiwan flights

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Planes are flying with many empty seats a month after daily direct flights began between Taiwan and the mainland , and travel officials are urging that some of the restrictions in the landmark deal be loosened. The mainland and Taiwan launched more than 100 direct daily charter flights a week on December 15, a month before...

Taiwan Minister hopeful about additional cross-strait flights

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In Taiwan the Minister of Transportation and Communications has said he hopes the number of tourists coming to Taiwan from the mainland will increase through more direct flights and flight routes across the Taiwan Strait. Mao declined to elaborate on how many more tourists he hopes to see, but he was quoted as saying in a...

Daily flights between the mainland and Taiwan

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Taiwan and the mainland plan to hold a new round of talks within the next two months aimed at establishing the first daily flights between the two sides, Taiwan’s top negotiator with Beijing said. Chiang Pin-Kung, chairman of Taiwan’s Straits Exchange Foundation, said the talks will focus on expanding the frequency and number of destinations of...

Mainland — Taiwan air passenger traffic up

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The number of passengers taking flights between Taiwan and China has been increasing since the service started in early July according to the island’s Civil Aeronautics Administration. The regular weekend direct flights were introduced July 4. Flights were 89% full in the fourth week, up from 83% in the first week. 14,288 passengers took the flights by...