The Executive Yuan officially announced today that the border will be opened on October 13. Tourism industry players said that since last week’s announcement that the closure will be lifted, the inquiries about foreign tourism products have increased significantly, and Japan is the most popular among tourists; air tickets are mainly in Osaka and Tokyo. More growth 5.65 times.

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[Central News Agency] The Executive Yuan officially announced today that the border will be opened on October 13. Tourism industry players said that since last week's announcement that the closure will be lifted, the inquiries about foreign tourism products have increased significantly, and Japan is the most popular among tourists; air tickets are based on Osaka and Tokyo. Lord, Osaka has grown by 5.65 times.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare said today that it will be implemented on October 13. The exemption of home quarantine for inbound personnel will be relaxed, and 7-day self-epidemic prevention will be adopted instead, and rapid screening will be conducted on the day of entry or the first day of self-epidemic prevention and when symptoms occur. Negative results within 2 days.

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Lai Yiqing, spokesman for Lion Tourism, said in a press release that since the government announced the unblocking of borders, orders for foreign travel goods have increased significantly. Taking group travel as an example, it is still the most popular among Japanese tourists, accounting for about 49%. Followed by 19% in Europe and 8% in Southeast Asia; the sales of international air tickets also increased. The top 5 sales were Osaka, Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, and Bangkok. The number of tickets issued for Osaka increased by 5.65 times.

Emma Lee, head of Klook's global accommodation division and general manager of Taiwan, said that since last weekend, the search volume of Taiwanese users searching for foreign travel products has tripled. Japan is still the main search destination, and the others are Thailand and South Korea and other places, and Klook's bookings for foreign travel products have also nearly doubled.

Li Yaning pointed out that in addition to the European and American tourism that started to return to Wenzhou earlier this year, it shows that Taiwanese tourists can't wait to plan a two-year overseas trip. In view of the peak tourist seasons such as New Year's Eve and Chinese New Year, the popularity of this wave of retaliatory travel will continue at least until February next year.

Yiyou.com said that on September 22 alone, foreign air ticket bookings tripled, and the air ticket part accumulated more than 9-digit revenue, with Tokyo, Japan being the most popular.

Yifei.com said that the most popular air ticket purchasers ranked Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Okinawa, Hokkaido, New York, and San Francisco, all of which have been booked by passengers for the New Year.

Yifei.com pointed out that in addition to the resumption of flights after the epidemic, due to inflation and the increase in oil prices, short-haul air tickets will be about NT$3,000 to 5,000 more expensive than in 2019, and long-haul air tickets may be more than 5,000 yuan more expensive.

Yifei.com pointed out that by the end of this year, group travel and independent travel goods purchases are expected to recover to 50% of the pre-epidemic level, and air tickets are expected to recover to 60% to 70%.

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