Fan Liqing: The enthusiasm of mainland residents to visit Taiwan has not diminished

China News agency, Beijing, June 24 (Xinhua Siliyu) National Taiwan Office spokesman Fan Liqing 24th stressed that the mainland residents to Taiwan for nearly a year of tourism, the overall tourism situation has been rising, the mainland residents of the enthusiasm to travel to Taiwan has not been reduced.　　On the 24th of the National Taiwan Office routine press conference, fan liqing to some recent reports in Taiwan that Lu Qi to Taiwan to reduce the number of visitors to explain. She said that June or July is the mainland all levels of schools, including institutions of higher learning, primary and secondary schools, and even kindergarten enrollment time, this period of time is usually mainland residents outbound travel off-season. In addition, the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic has also had a certain impact on mainland residents visiting Taiwan.　　Fan Liqing said that we have attached great importance to promoting mainland residents to visit Taiwan, and will continue to take effective measures to promote the healthy and orderly development of mainland residents ' visit to Taiwan. As for the mainland residents to Taiwan, there have been some unexpected incidents or security incidents, fan liqing that this is normal, the key is that we should improve the awareness of tourism safety, common prevention of the occurrence of accidents. Mainland residents have been visiting Taiwan for about more than 300,000 people since the start of the tour.　　On this basis, I believe that the mainland residents to Taiwan to increase the understanding of the mainland residents, as well as Taiwan compatriots to further increase the understanding of the mainland are benign, healthy, and very well worth looking forward to.　　A reporter asked, Taiwan's Penghu County game, if the mainland to Taiwan's tourism policy will make adjustments? Fan Liqing stressed that tourism and game is not the same thing, the mainland's policy is to prohibit gambling, the mainland tourism authorities in two OO five issued a ban on outbound tourism teams to participate in overseas gambling activities, and explicitly put forward to prevent the use of tourism channels to organize or participate in gambling activities abroad,　　To ensure the healthy development of mainland residents ' outbound tourism market. Fan Liqing said that Penghu tourism, the biggest feature lies in its unique natural landscape and simple folk customs, the cross-Strait Association of Tourism Exchanges will actively encourage, guide the travel agencies to seriously integrate, optimize the trip to Taiwan, such as the introduction of the mainland to Kinmen, to Penghu, to Taiwan Island tourism and other routes to further expand Kinmen, Penghu and Taiwan's Island tourism market, to achieve mutual benefit and common purpose. Finish)