Xinhua News Agency, Taipei, November 9th (Reporters Xu Xueyi and Zhao Bo) "I hope that more tourists from the mainland will come to Taiwan, so that not only our hotel will be better, but everyone will be better, and the entire Taiwan economy will be booming." Farglory Yuelai Hote

Bai Qingfen, deputy general manager of the marketing business department of the Co., Ltd., told Xinhua News Agency reporters.

On November 8, visitors visited the 2019 Taipei Tourism Exhibition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin

The "2019 Taipei Tourism Exhibition" sponsored by the Taiwan Tourism Association was held in Taipei from the 8th to the 11th. In front of the booth of "Hualien Farglory Yuelai Hotel", Bai Qingfen told reporters that the hotel can accommodate nearly a thousand people. It is located near the mountains and the sea, and you can see the Pacific Ocean through the windows. It is loved by many mainland tourists. During the period of intense cross-strait exchanges around 2010, nearly 20% of hotel guests were from mainland China, but this has now dropped to 10%.

Currently, as the Democratic Progressive Party authorities continue to instigate cross-strait confrontation, mainland tourists visiting Taiwan are in trouble. In this regard, Bai Qingfen feels helpless: "We don't want our tourism to be affected by the cross-strait situation. Now we send people to Shanghai, Beijing and other places to participate in tourism-related exhibitions every year, and we have also registered on Ctrip in mainland China."

Bai Qingfen has already opened exchanges between the two sides of the strait. I have been to the mainland before, and I "landed" again in recent years and found that "the mainland is making rapid progress." "Mainland people's lives have improved, and many people like to travel. I hope cross-strait relations will continue to improve, which is very important for driving Taiwan's economy," she said.

On November 8, visitors experienced handcrafting at the 2019 Taipei Tourism Exhibition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin

In front of the booth of Taiwan Sun Moon Lake Hanbi Tower, Chen Weiting, assistant manager of event planning, told reporters that Sun Moon Lake is a famous tourist attraction in Taiwan well-known to mainland tourists, and Sun Moon Lake Hanbi Tower welcomes mainland tourists to stay.

"Now the Hanbi Tower has been transplanted to Qingdao, Nanjing and other places, and the construction style is very similar to the Hanbi Tower in Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan." Chen Weiting said that he is looking forward to going to the mainland one day and seeing it with his own eyes at the Hanbi Tower in Nanjing, which is located on the bank of the Yangtze River. Look at the effect of "Only the Yangtze River Skyline".

In the booth of Taiwan Yingjia Travel Agency, the reporter saw many travel routes and quotation pictures posted on the "wall" from Taiwan to Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Fujian Quanzhou and other places. Li Xiuyue, special assistant to the general manager of the business promotion department of Yingjia Travel Agency, told reporters that Yingjia Travel Agency was formerly an agent for mainland airlines and has been deeply involved in the mainland market for a long time. Now we not only provide tours for mainland tourists to Taiwan, but also tours for Taiwanese compatriots to the mainland, and have cooperated with many places in the mainland.

Li Xiuyue said that Yingjia Travel Agency’s mainland travel business for Taiwanese compatriots is currently doing well. “The mainland has many beautiful mountains and rivers, and many Taiwanese compatriots are interested.” But on the other hand, the business of mainland tourists traveling to Taiwan has dropped from nearly half of the total business at its peak to only about 10% now, which she regrets. "We hope that cross-strait relations will improve, and we are willing to provide more high-quality services to mainland tourists so that they can experience the beauty of Taiwan."

On November 8, visitors visited the 2019 Taipei Tourism Exhibition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin

There are more than 1,700 booths in this exhibition. Because the Democratic Progressive Party authorities have severely damaged cross-strait relations, the mainland did not participate in the exhibition this time. In this regard, Zhang Zhisheng, manager of Taichung Shiwai Taoyuan Co., Ltd., said that without the participation of the mainland, the Taipei Tourism Exhibition "is missing a big piece of the puzzle and is not complete enough." "If the mainland participates in the exhibition, there will be many more people watching the exhibition." He said, "Taiwanese restaurants, hotels, tour bus and other operators complained that the lack of mainland tourists would have a great impact on them."

pointed to the fresh sweets on the booth. Persimmons as well as crisps, jams, tea bags and other items processed from them, Zhang Zhisheng said that the company attaches great importance to the mainland market and has a dedicated person in charge who spends about half of the year doing promotional activities in the mainland. Now Fujian and Xiamen have a fast customs clearance model for Taiwanese fruits. The company's sweet persimmons are sold to many places in the mainland through Xiamen, which is very convenient and very popular. "Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are as close as brothers, and they should have more exchanges and mutual exchanges. This is especially beneficial to us in Taiwan."