State-run media reported on Saturday, that more than 600,000 Chinese tourists visited Taiwan in 2009, amid warming relations between the two sides.
The 606,100 visitors each spent nearly 1,800 dollars during their stay on the island, tourism officials were quoted by the China Daily newspaper as saying.
World Tourism On The Recovery Road
The global tourism sector will post a moderate recovery in 2010 following a slump this year due to the recession, with Asia set for the strongest rebound, the UN World Tourism Organisation
The global tourism sector will post a moderate recovery in 2010 following a slump this year due to the recession, with Asia set for the strongest rebound, the UN World Tourism Organisation
Since July 2008, when regular air services were resumed between the traditional foes, about 660,000 Chinese tourists have visited Taiwan and spent 1.13 billion dollars, the English-language daily said.
Taiwan and China have been ruled separately since the end of a civil war in 1949, but Beijing claims the island as part of its territory and believes reunification is only a question of time.
Chinese Eco-tourism Causing Infanticide Among Tibetan Monkeys
A new study by researchers has claimed that China’s desire to promote eco-tourism is leading to the deaths of Tibetan monkeys in their infancy.
A new study by researchers has claimed that China’s desire to promote eco-tourism is leading to the deaths of Tibetan monkeys in their infancy.
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Taiwan Looks to Eco-tourism to Boost Conservation
On a moonlit beach at the Wanan islet off southwest Taiwan, a group of tourists gather patiently to watch a green turtle using her flippers to cover the eggs she has just laid in the sand.
On a moonlit beach at the Wanan islet off southwest Taiwan, a group of tourists gather patiently to watch a green turtle using her flippers to cover the eggs she has just laid in the sand.
Eco-tourism: Few Takers for Carbon 'Offsets'
Top airlines and tour operators keen to flash their green credentials nowadays offer customers carbon offsets to compensate holiday pollution.
Top airlines and tour operators keen to flash their green credentials nowadays offer customers carbon offsets to compensate holiday pollution.
