The Tokyo Olympics will open on July 24 next year.
It will be difficult for people on the island to watch the quadrennial sports event in person.
Taiwan's overall ticket allocation is only 3,159.
Many sports fans on the island lamented that "the number of votes is too few." ".
The Tokyo Olympics ticket sales website was officially launched in April. The first wave of lottery tickets is only open to Japanese residents to register for the lottery. People in other regions purchase tickets through specific authorized ticketing agents (ATR) in various places, including JTB Taiwan and the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee , International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee completed the contract in April to become Taiwan's ticketing agent. According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency", JTB Taiwan announced on the 10th that Taiwan received 3,159 tickets, including 228 for basketball, 108 for tennis, and 210 for archery. Badminton accounted for the largest number of 496 tickets, but I want to see Taiwan's "weightlifting goddess" "Guo Meuchun only has 50 tickets, and only 16 are allocated for competitive gymnastics. As for the highlight, the opening ceremony, Taiwan’s quota is only 57 tickets and 40 for the closing ceremony. Currently, the most expensive ticket is Seat A for the opening ceremony, with a single ticket price up to about NT$90,000; Seat C tickets for the marathon are the cheapest, only about NT$880 per ticket.
There are two ways to buy tickets in Taiwan: first register for the lottery on the JTB Taiwan East Olympics product page . There are about 1,700 tickets; another 1,400 tickets will be sold in packages later. Global ticket sales for the Tokyo Olympics are expected to be 8.8 million. According to international practice, the host will underwrite 75% of the tickets and the remainder will be sold overseas. The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee estimates that more than 500,000 mainland tourists will rush to Tokyo, and mainland audiences are expected to become the largest group of spectators after Japanese audiences.
Regarding the Tokyo Olympics, where tickets are hard to come by, many netizens on the island marveled, "There are too few tickets for the opening ceremony!" "There are so few tickets, and the ticket drawing rules are so complicated." Some people also said, "Even if you don't plan to go to the Olympics, you can't help but try your luck by taking a draw." Lianhe News Network reminded on the 11th that spectators going to Tokyo to watch the Olympics can take photos, videos, and records in areas permitted by the conference, but they are only for personal storage and cannot be made public on social media. In addition, Olympic tickets are registered and cannot be canceled or resold once purchased. The organizer has the right to require people to show identification when entering the venue to watch the games.
The tickets allocated to Taiwan for the Tokyo Olympics are much less than those for the previous Beijing Olympics. A few days before the start of the Beijing Olympics in early August 2008, more than 5,200 Olympic tickets had been sold in Taiwan, and many Taiwanese people were asking for tickets; a ticket for a group match involving the Chinese Taipei baseball team originally only cost 50 yuan. It has been fired to 2,000 yuan. Taiwan's Yunjia Travel Agency, which is responsible for ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics, said that tickets for the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony were the best-selling tickets. Taiwan was allocated a total of 200 tickets, 100 of which were given to people in the sports industry, and the other 100 tickets were drawn by lot under the witness of a lawyer. Decide who will buy.
Taiwan's current main sports strengths include badminton, weightlifting, shooting and archery. Lianhe News Network stated that three athletes from the Chinese Taipei delegation have confirmed their qualifications for the Tokyo Olympics, including female shooters Tian Jiazhen and Wu Jiaying, and javelin "golden right arm" Zheng Zhaocun. In addition, world badminton queen Tai Tzu Ying, who hopes to win the gold medal, is expected to trigger a rush for tickets among fans. In addition, on the eve of the Rio Olympics, Taiwan's "tennis sister" Hsieh Shu-wei, who announced that she would no longer accept recruitment, revealed for the first time a few days ago that she is willing to participate in next year's Tokyo Olympics, which also arouses great expectations on the island. Lianhe News Network said that Hsieh Shu-wei's singles and doubles at the French Open this year were stopped in the second round and the top 16 respectively. The world singles ranking is expected to reach the peak of her personal career, making many fans look forward to her wearing the Chinese Taipei team jersey to compete in the Olympics. "Sports Director" Kao Junxiong said that if team sports such as women's softball, women's football and baseball are not included, it is estimated that 50 Taiwanese athletes should obtain tickets for the Tokyo Olympics. The authorities have locked in 10 sports categories and a total of 27 players have the opportunity to win medals. "The only specific goal is to surpass the previous year."
The reason why next year's Tokyo Olympics has attracted much attention on the island is that the venue is very close to Taiwan, and secondly, last year's "Tokyo Olympics campaign to correct the name" once caused high tension in cross-strait relations.In the "nine-in-one referendum tied to the election" in November 2018, the referendum was not passed. Since the beginning of this year, "the name of the East Olympic Games" has been rarely mentioned in the island's political arena, and cross-strait sports exchanges have also begun to resume. In mid-March, the 22nd Cross-Strait Olympic Committee Sports Exchange Symposium was held on the island. The two sides signed the Cross-Strait Fencing and Tennis Association Sports Exchange Memorandum. This year, it is expected that there will be 14 sports exchange activities of "seven comings and seven goings".
(Source: Global Times)
