Taiwan Outraged as Authorities Suddenly Stop Mainland Tour Group Arrangements

The business of tour groups to the mainland had just started to pick up, but as the Chinese New Year was approaching, the authorities suddenly stopped related arrangements, which made industry insiders on the island feel outrageous and “can’t even eat anymore.”

Taiwan announced earlier that it will lift the “ban on group tours” from March 1 this year and will allow Taiwanese groups to travel to the mainland. According to a report by Taiwan’s “Central News Agency” on February 7, the Tourism Administration, a subsidiary of the Taiwan authorities’ transportation department, announced on the 7th that since the mainland has not yet allowed group tourists to come to Taiwan, Taiwan’s travel operators will stop soliciting tour groups to the mainland from now on. Groups that have been recruited from March to the end of May this year can still go on tours.

According to Taiwan’s United News Network report on February 7, the Tourism Administration was originally scheduled to announce a group travel plan to the mainland on the 7th, but suddenly made a sudden change and said that because the mainland has not made arrangements for mainland tourist groups to come to Taiwan, it recently announced changes to M503 and other The route operation method requires Taiwan’s travel industry to stop soliciting tour groups to the mainland from now on.

According to the report, Bian Jiemin, general manager of Phoenix Travel Agency, said that his company had sold between 500 and 600 people in March and more than 300 people from April to May. After June, there were sporadic registrations. If the group cannot be organized, the full fee will be refunded to protect consumption. The interests of the investors are the main priority.

He said that the policy is very strange. The travel agency products have been laid out for a long time, and the sudden suspension has caused great trouble to the operators. This has been repeated over and over again. The operators are at a loss and consumers are confused. In the past, it was due to the epidemic, but now the election is over. It really makes no sense. , very outrageous.

In addition, Taiwan’s United News Network also reported on February 7 that Xiao Boren, chairman of the General Association of Travel Agents, said that the operators had no knowledge beforehand, and it is currently impossible to count how many groups were affected. It is too bad that the authorities do not believe their words. ”, and also chose the day before the Chinese New Year holiday, so that the operators had no way to respond. “There is nothing I can do if I want to throw eggs.”

Xiao Boren criticized that the authorities should simply declare that all Taiwanese people are not allowed to go to the mainland. “Why should we deprive travel agencies of their right to work? Many operators called and scolded us. This kind of unreasonable thing does not rule out action after the year.”

According to the report, Li Qiyue, chairman of the Quality Tourism Development Association, also said that on the afternoon before the Chinese New Year holiday, the Taiwanese authorities suddenly announced that they would not be able to send tour groups to the mainland after June and would stop soliciting business from now on. The surprise announcement made the industry very shocked and sad, and even ” I might not even be able to eat the New Year’s Eve dinner.”

Li Qiyue criticized that industry-related advertising and promotion in the past few months has been a waste of time, and it is unclear what the future will be after June.

He said that it was not easy for relevant businesses to start operating, but suddenly they were stopped. Such a policy made the industry very sad, shocked and angry, and they didn’t know how they were going to survive this year!

Regarding the policy U-turn, netizens on the island also posted comments criticizing it. Some netizens said that this was like “being beaten and going home to beat the child to vent your anger.” Others pointed out, “Who was unfriendly first?”

Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Mainland China, responded on the 7th that the Taiwanese people have been looking forward to organizing groups to travel to the mainland for a long time, and the Taiwanese tourism industry has also been calling on the Democratic Progressive Party authorities to lift the ban as soon as possible. Since August last year, relevant parties in Taiwan have claimed several times that they have made plans to resume group tours organized by Taiwan travel agencies to the mainland, but at the same time they have attached conditions, which is always based on political calculations.

Zhu Fenglian pointed out that the Taiwan Tourism Administration announced that the original plan would no longer be implemented. This was not the first time that it had gone back on its word. This will only make the Taiwanese people and the tourism industry once again dissatisfied with the DPP authorities for using tourism for political manipulation, hindering exchanges between compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and harming the well-being of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

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2024-02-08 03:05:06