Lihpao Group Chairman Wu Baotian won the 2023 Taiwan Tourism Special Contribution Award.

The annual grand event of Taiwan's tourism industry, the "2023 Tourism Festival Celebration Awards Ceremony" was held on February 3 at the Grand Hotel in Taipei.

Vice President Lai Qingde came to the conference in person to commend outstanding tourism industry groups and practitioners, and thanked the practitioners who are still working hard to stick to their posts in the tourism industry during this protracted battle against the epidemic. Among them, the "Taiwan Tourism Special Contribution Award" was awarded to Taiwan Tourism Ye Julan, president of the association, and Wu Baotian, chairman of Lihpao Group, affirmed their outstanding contributions to Taiwan's tourism industry.

Vice President Lai said that the Lantern Festival is a festival of tourism. Today, on behalf of President Tsai, I would like to congratulate the practitioners who are present for their efforts and contributions.

In particular, Wu Baotian, national policy adviser who won the "Taiwan Tourism Special Contribution Award", has money to contribute money and has a strong contribution.

The tourism industry was hit the hardest during the epidemic. Although there are rescue and revitalization plans, it is still difficult to make up for the losses in the tourism industry. Everyone still sticks to their posts.

The government is preparing for the next stage of tourism development, including physical adjustment, digital transformation, and the development of more diverse tourism issues. Although the outside world believes that the economy will not be too good in 2023, it is time for the tourism industry to bloom.

In the past, taxes have been exceeded, and 100 billion will be spent. Among the seven measures to stabilize society, one of them is for tourism, hoping to attract 6 million people to Taiwan for sightseeing.

When Lihpao Group Chairman Wu Baotian delivered a speech, he also pleaded for Taiwan's tourism industry, hoping that the Tourism Bureau will be restructured into a Tourism Bureau as soon as possible.

In his speech, Transport Minister Wang Guocai also said that after the opening of the border, the number of people entering the country increased from 700,000 to 900,000, and the development of tourism in the future will be the top priority of the new policy.

Not only will there be subsidies for foreign tour agencies and independent tourists, but also for the shortage of workers in the tourism industry, the Ministry of Labor will also be asked to match work subsidies to increase the salaries of talents.

Fullon Hotel Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf has been honored as the most beautiful family hotel in Taiwan for two consecutive years.

Wu Baotian, chairman of Lihpao Group, said in his speech after receiving the award that Lihpao Group started with the construction of the first Fullon Hotel 25 years ago, and now has 15 restaurants in Taiwan, and this year there will be more restaurants including Chiayi. In addition, three hotels opened for business. In addition to restaurants, Lihpao Group has also built the largest Lihpao Paradise Resort in Taiwan. Over the past few decades, Lihpao Group has spent so much manpower and material resources. It is wholeheartedly hoping that Taiwan, this beautiful It is Lihpao Group's original intention to make Formosa even better.

At the same time, Wu Baotian also pleaded for the tourism industry, calling on the Legislative Yuan to pass the draft of the "Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications" as soon as possible, so that the "Tourism Bureau" can become the "Tourism Bureau", so that the Tourism Bureau can become the locomotive of the industry, strengthen the strength of Taiwan's overseas tourism promotion, and attract more overseas tourists. As soon as possible, move towards the goals of "building a nation through tourism" and "mainstreaming tourism" announced by President Tsai.

Let Taiwan's tourism industry gather more talents and resources to work together for sustainable development in the future.

Lihpao Group has been established for 43 years. It started from construction and construction. After opening the first "Fullon Hotel" in Zhongli 25 years ago, it has expanded across Taiwan.

At present, there are already 15 bases in Taiwan. This year, Nantou Shuili, Kaohsiung Qianjin, and Chiayi all have new stores to join the operation.

In the next five years, hotels in Puli, Penghu, Pingtung, Sanxiantai, Taitung, and Yuanshan, Taipei will also be set up in the next five years to form a tourist accommodation network around the island, and it will also be the largest hotel chain in Taiwan.

For five consecutive years since 2016, Fullon Hotel has won the "World Brand Award" launched by the British non-profit organization "World Brand Forum" to recognize the best brands in the world. It is the only brand in Taiwan that has been selected for five consecutive years.

The super-popular LINE FRIENDS star IP Xiong Da and Tutu interactive experience installation park "Xiong Da's Lihpao Town" with an area of ​​700 pings is blessed and driven.

Not only to create a tourist accommodation base around the island, Lihpao Group also invested tens of billions to build the largest Lihpao Paradise Resort in Taiwan.

There are water and land parks, restaurants, outlet malls, an international racing track, and the largest Ferris wheel in Taiwan in the resort area, which has a record of tens of millions of visits a year. At the end of last year, Lihpao cooperated with South Korea to introduce Line Friends and launch Xiong Da Li Treasure Town has successfully used internationally renowned IP to attract tourists. During the ten-day Spring Festival holiday, more than 400,000 people visited it.

At this awards ceremony, Lihpao Paradise Resort under Lihpao Group also won the special prize in the supervision and assessment competition of the tourism and entertainment industry; the assistant of the food and beverage department of Fullon Hotel Fulong Zhu Meilun was also awarded the honor of tourism hotel industry and hotel practitioners sure.

Lihpao Paradise Resort, the super popular facility Mala Bay Tsunami.

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