🧵 1. Taiwan will allow Chinese tourists and business people to visit again, seeking to resume exchanges disrupted by COVID-19 and build bridges with Beijing. #world
🧵 1. Taiwan will allow Chinese tourists and business people to visit again, seeking to resume exchanges disrupted by COVID-19 and build bridges with Beijing. #world
🧵 2. While China has gradually reopened tourist destinations to its citizens, Taiwan was excluded until now.
🧵 3. In 2019, China halted individual tourism permits for Taiwan amid rising tensions.
🧵 4. Taiwanese Mainland Affairs Council announced that Chinese business people can apply for short-term visits, and Chinese residing in third countries can visit as tourists from Sept. 1.
🧵 5. Tour groups from China will be capped at 2,000 arrivals per day, pending China's response. Taiwan hopes for reciprocal steps to improve relations.
🧵 Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-allow-chinese-tourists-business-people-visit-again-2023-08-24/