The number of Vietnamese visitors to Taiwan (China) has been growing fast recently, which is partly attributed to Taiwan’s preferential visa policy for tourists from the Southeast Asian nation.
Hanoi (VNA) – The number of Vietnamese visitorsto Taiwan (China) has been growing fast recently, which is partly attributed toTaiwan’s preferential visa policy for tourists from the Southeast Asian nation.
Data of the General Statistics Office show thatmore than 777,000 Vietnamese visited Taiwan between January and November 2019,up 26.5 percent year on year.
The surge was partly driven by Taiwan’spreferential visa policy, in which from August 2019, this territory appliedvisa exemption for 14 days for citizens of Vietnam, some other Southeast Asiancountries and India if their previous visas granted by the US, Canada, the UK,the EU, the Schengen Area, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan remain valid orhave only expired within the past 10 years.
For tourist groups, since the beginning of 2019,Taiwan has permitted travel companies licensed by Vietnam’s tourism authorityto organise tours of this land for groups of at least five visitors without needingto prove their financial solvency.
Besides, the increase of air routes and flightsbetween Vietnam and Taiwan has also greatly helped to facilitate travel betweenthe two sides.
Between January and November last year, Vietnam alsorecorded a surge of 29.8 percent in Taiwanese arrivals to 927,000. In January2020, it welcomed over 76,000 tourists from the Chinese territory, up 19.3percent year on year, according to the General Statistics Office./.
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