Tourism Department estimates that the number of tourists to Taiwan this year may be less than one million. (Photo source: Taiwan's "China Times News Network")
China Taiwan Network reported on January 27th, according to Taiwan's "China Times", the global COVID-19 epidemic has made aviation and tourism industries a severely affected households. Statistics from the tourism department of the Taiwan authorities showed that in 2020, the number of overseas tourists traveling to Taiwan was only 1.377 million, a decrease of 88% from the previous year, hitting a new low in 41 years. Taiwan's tourism department pointed out that the epidemic is still not optimistic, and it is estimated that the number of tourists to Taiwan will be even worse in 2021, and may not exceed 1 million. Chen Shizhong, commander of the Taiwan Epidemic Command Center, emphasized on the 26th that due to the severe global epidemic, the policy of tightening the border on the island will continue. According to reports, this is even more invisible to sightseeing on the island that is trapped in a dark tunnel. Zhang Xicong, head of the tourism department of
, pointed out that the number of tourists to Taiwan last year was 1.37 million, including more than 1 million in the first quarter. This year is really not optimistic. Based on the calculation of more than 20,000 tourists traveling to Taiwan every month, the number of tourists traveling to Taiwan this year may not exceed 1 million, and most of them are not for tourism, but for business work needs. This estimate will be adjusted as the epidemic fluctuates, which may be worse.
reported that based on the calculation that more than 20,000 passengers to Taiwan each month, it will be less than 300,000 yuan throughout the year, which will set a record for the lowest in history. Airlines, tourist hotels, duty-free shops, restaurants, tour buses, night markets and other related businesses will still be greatly impacted this year.
It is reported that due to the impact of the epidemic, the passenger volume of Taoyuan International Airport has also dropped significantly. Originally, Taoyuan Airport estimated that the passenger volume will reach 40 million this year. The outside world is also concerned whether it will be revised again? Lin Guoxian, head of Taiwan's civil aviation department, said that during the review of Taiwan's legislature, it hopes to lower the 40% revision, but it seems that it is not necessarily ideal at present. He also mentioned that the number of passengers at Taoyuan Airport last year was more than 48 million, while the number of passengers was only more than 5 million last year. ( China Taiwan Network Li Ning)
