TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A group of 25 Japanese nationals scheduled to arrive on July 31 will be the first tour group to visit Taiwan as COVID-19 travel restrictions are gradually lifted, reports said on Saturday (July 23) .
The group, mainly made up of travel agencies, will visit Taipei 101 and the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, the picturesque Jiufen Mountain Village, Heping Island and a former clothing store once owned by the family of current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Keelung, according to the Central News Agency.
The four-day itinerary will also include exchanges with representatives of Taiwan’s tourism authorities and the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, who are scheduled to depart on August 3.
According to COVID regulations, the Japanese group will be isolated individually during their stay and will not have contact with ordinary citizens. The sites they visit will be limited to northern Taiwan and areas managed by national park authorities, the report said.
The transport ministry said it plans to invite more tourism business executives and representatives from other countries to show them how Taiwan is preparing for a post-COVID tourism recovery.
