Thai blogger and internet celebrity Ratto came to Taiwan with the first group after the unblocking. She likes Taiwan very much. This is her second time in Taiwan.

(Photo by reporter Yao Jiexiu)

More than 12,000 people entered the country on the first day, including 20 groups of Japanese Hardai people who most want to breathe the air of Taiwan

[Reporters Chen Xinyu, Li Xinfang, Chen Yufu, Yao Jiexiu/Comprehensive Report] After Taiwan violated the 939th day, it welcomed international tourists again yesterday!

On the first day of the new "0+7" border quarantine exemption system, a total of about 20 tour groups and 244 group tourists came to Taiwan for sightseeing. The Tourism Bureau expects that the overall number of independent travelers in Taiwan will be three to four times that of group tourists.

Some people from Singapore expressed their desire to come to Taiwan to shoot wedding dresses; some tourists from Japan happily said, "I really want to breathe the air of Taiwan!" The travel industry pointed out that they have received orders from the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries. For passenger orders, visa-free countries in Taiwan are the bulk, and customized small tour groups are highly inquired.

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The Tigerair flight IT506, which arrived in Taiwan at 0:16 a.m. yesterday, had a total of 45 group passengers from Thailand and were received by two travel agencies respectively. Zhang Huiyan, general manager of Wellcome Travel Agency, said that the first stop of the 29 passengers was Taipei City. We visited Longshan Temple and prayed for a safe journey. Yesterday we also visited Jiufen Old Street and Yehliu to taste seafood dishes from the north coast.

Yanfu Travel Agency also said that Thai tourists are expected to visit Taichung National Opera House, Sun Moon Lake, Taipei 101, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Ximending, Shifen, Jiufen Old Street, Longshan Temple, etc.

The first group from Thailand visited Longshan Temple and the Korean group toured the Forbidden City and Yehliu

Lion Tourism also welcomed the first batch of inbound tour groups yesterday. Eighteen tourists traveled from South Korea to Taiwan for a four-day, three-night cultural tour of Northern Taiwan. They will visit the Palace Museum, Yehliu Geopark, Dadaocheng, etc.

The Tourism Bureau said that on the first day, about 100 tourists from Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia arrived in Taiwan, as well as Korean tourists who participated in golf tours, Japanese tourists on small group tours, and tourists from central and southern Malaysia. They also invited 27 tourists yesterday. International media and 43 travel agents came to Taiwan to step on the line.

According to Taoyuan International Airport's flight traffic forecast report, on the first day yesterday, there were about 12,639 inbound passengers, 6,611 outbound passengers, and 2,853 transit passengers.

On the first day of the unblocking of the border, President Tsai Ing-wen, Executive Director Su Zhenchang and others all visited Taoji to applaud the efforts of the staff during the epidemic.

In his speech, President Tsai said that in the past three years of the epidemic, I would like to thank everyone for working together to prevent the epidemic. We have passed the most difficult time. Taiwan's border control has been relaxed, and we have stepped out of the haze of the epidemic and moved towards a normal life.

Border opening does not mean the end of the epidemic

Wang Bisheng, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that the local epidemic is currently at a plateau, but it is stable and controllable, and the opening of borders does not mean the end of the epidemic. guidelines.

At the meeting, the Ministry of Transportation reported that it will carry out international publicity with the three strategies of collecting and exhibition publicity, inviting visitors to step on the line, and rewarding and sending off customers. It has returned to the level of 10 million tourists coming to Taiwan before the epidemic.

The spokesperson of the Mainland Affairs Council, Qiu Chuizheng, reiterated yesterday that considering that China still has total entry control and control, in order to protect the rights and interests of Chinese people returning from overseas, opening up Chinese tourists to Taiwan for sightseeing is not a priority item.

Before the first group of Thai tourists boarded the tour bus, they were disinfected by the accompanying staff to implement epidemic prevention.

(Provided by Wellcome Travel Service)

The first group of 45 tourists from Thailand who arrived in Taiwan early yesterday morning were received by two travel agencies. One of them went to Longshan Temple early yesterday to visit and pray for a safe journey.

(Provided by Wellcome Travel Service)

In his speech, President Tsai said that in the past three years of the epidemic, I would like to thank everyone for their solidarity and prevention. We have passed the most difficult time. Taiwan's border control has been relaxed, and we have stepped out of the haze of the epidemic and moved towards a normal life.

(Photo by reporter Yao Jiexiu)