Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) is urging officers in Mainland China to correctly talk about familiarisation journeys they’re planning to make to the nation.
That is in preparation for the resumption of tour group visits by Shanghai and Fujian province residents.
In an announcement issued on Friday, twenty fourth January, MAC officers mentioned: “To make sure that future tourism exchanges are performed in a wholesome and orderly method, issues associated to familiarization journeys to Taiwan must be mentioned by means of ‘the 2 cross-strait tourism associations’ earlier than continuing.”
A obligatory response
MAC’s assertion was a response to 1 made earlier on the identical day by Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Workplace (TAO), the Council’s counterpart in China.
In his assertion, Chen confirmed that these organising familiarisation journeys already submitted functions to Taiwanese authorities to go to Taiwan.
He mentioned: “We hope that the visits by tourism professionals from the 2 areas to Taiwan proceed easily, laying a stable basis for the resumption of group journey for residents of each areas.”
Discussions are underway
MAC officers added that the Taiwan Strait Tourism Affiliation (TSTA) will likely be in contact with its mainland counterpart, the Affiliation For Tourism Change Throughout the Taiwan Straits (ATETS), to suggest discussions on issues of mutual concern.
The TSTA and ATETS had been established by Taipei and Beijing, respectively, to facilitate coordination and negotiations between the 2 sides of the Taiwan Strait on tourism.
At current, China’s Ministry of Tradition and Tourism (MCT) presently solely permits Fujian residents to go to Taiwan-held Kinmen and Matsu, however not different cities or counties in Taiwan.
