Tourist Office: 2015, mainland visitors to Taiwan and spending double breakthrough
China News Agency, Beijing, April 8 (reporter Yang 喆) in 2015, mainland tourism to Taiwan people and consumption levels of both a breakthrough. Tourism continues to be the exchange of compatriots on both sides, the main channel to enhance emotional.
News Agency, writing in the China National Tourism Administration recently said in an interview. The Board, in 2015, mainland residents to visit Taiwan as tourists number exceeded 4 million for the first time (up to 4.14 million), ranking Taiwan tourist market first, Taiwan 40% the total number of inbound tourism, Taiwan Tourism break the 10 million mark for the first time the maximum power.
Consumption levels, according to Taiwan figures, 2015, mainland tourists in Taiwan per capita daily consumption of NT $ 7770 (below), surpassing Japan tourist consumption in Taiwan, ranking first; Taiwan foreign exchange earnings of about 230 billion yuan, Taiwan Tourism foreign exchange earnings of 50%, created nearly 300 billion yuan of output value, accounting for about Taiwan GDP 2%.
National Tourism Administration pointed out that mainland residents to visit Taiwan as tourists not only to promote Taiwan tourism development, also pulling the accommodation, transport, catering, retail, investment and employment, comprehensive driving effect significantly.
In the case of 2015 mainland tourist under downward pressure, Taiwan compatriots to the Mainland on the tourist buck, 5.499 million passengers, an increase of 2.5%. NTA developed Taiwan youth market, attract more Taiwan compatriots will tour to the Western region extension.
Facilitate personnel exchanges across the Straits, and scale expanding year by year, the NTA issued related initiatives in one hand and steady the facilitation measures introduced, one hand and market order and security to ensure that mainland residents to Taiwan tourism market in a healthy and orderly development.
In order to facilitate the cross-strait tourism exchanges, in 2015, the National Tourism Administration to Taiwan compatriots from mainland China visa-free, implementing tabbed MTPs; ratification of 11 cities like Haikou, became the fifth group to visit Taiwan people visit the city released 48 outbound travel agents for a specified business of a Mainland residents to visit Taiwan as tourists travel agencies, to good effect.
For 2016, the National Tourism Administration said, will further improve the cooperation mechanism, to better regulate the market order, and abundant market supply, cultivation of new consumption hot spots, and continuously meet the people on both sides increasingly diverse travel needs, to promote cross-strait tourism common prosperity and new contributions to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.
(Editors: Zhong Qinghui UN660)
2016-04-08 19:43:46
China News Network

旅游局：2015年大陆赴台人次和消费出现双突破
中新社北京4月8日电  (记者 杨喆)2015年大陆赴台旅游在人次和消费水平两方面都出现突破。旅游继续成为两岸同胞交往交流、增进情感的主渠道。
　　国家旅游局近日接受中新社书面专访时作上述表示。该局介绍，2015年，大陆居民赴台旅游人次首次突破400万(达到414万)，稳居台湾入境旅游市场第一位，占台湾入境旅游总人数40%，成为台湾入境旅游首次突破1000万人次大关的最大动力。
　　消费水平方面，据台湾方面统计，2015年大陆游客在台人均日消费达7770元新台币(下同)，首次超过日本游客在台消费水平，居第一位；台湾由此取得约2300亿元的外汇收入，占台湾入境旅游外汇总收入的50%，创造产值近3000亿元，约占台湾GDP的2%。
　　国家旅游局指出，大陆居民赴台旅游不仅有力促进了台湾旅游业的发展，也拉动了住宿、交通、餐饮、零售等行业的投资与就业，综合带动效应明显。
　　在2015年大陆入境旅游面临较大下行压力的情况下，台湾同胞赴大陆旅游逆势而上，达549.9万人次，同比增长2.5%。国家旅游局着力开发台湾青少年市场，也吸引更多台湾同胞将旅游行程向西部地区延伸。
　　随着两岸人员往来更加便利，规模逐年扩大，国家旅游局出台相关举措，一手稳步出台各项便利化措施，一手抓市场秩序和安全保障，确保大陆居民赴台旅游市场健康有序发展。
　　为便利两岸旅游往来，2015年国家旅游局给予台湾同胞来往大陆免签注，实施卡式台胞证；批准海口等11城市成为第五批赴台个人游城市，新增48家出境游组团社为指定经营大陆居民赴台旅游业务旅行社，取得良好效果。
　　对于2016年相关工作，国家旅游局表示，将进一步完善合作机制，更好地规范市场秩序，同时丰富市场供给，培育旅游消费新热点，不断满足两岸同胞日益多样的出游需求，为促进两岸旅游业共同繁荣进步和两岸关系和平发展做出新贡献。
(责任编辑：钟庆辉 UN660)
2016-04-08 19:43:46
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