Qiwei announces Expansion of opening of 6 provinces such as Xinjiang and Tibet to Taiwan for tourism

China News Agency, Taipei, May 7 (reporter Dong Hui Rotzin) Chairman of the Cross-strait Tourism Exchange Association Qiwei 7th, said here, will be in the near future in Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang, 6 provinces in the 3rd batch of mainland residents to Taiwan tourism open area.　　Qiwei made the above announcement at the inaugural ceremony of the Taipei Office of the Hkta and the "sincere expression" of the six visions. These six visions are: first, the number of mainland visitors to Taiwan was more than million.　　Mainland China, will be more positive measures to maintain the good growth of Taiwan tourism, and strive for the 2010 mainland residents to Taiwan tourism breakthrough 1 million times. Second, expand the opening of mainland residents to Taiwan tourism area. In the near future, the 6 provinces of Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang will be included in the 3rd group of mainland residents to visit Taiwan, thus expanding the opening range to 31 provinces and cities.　　At the same time, the group will be appropriately increased. Third, actively brewing mainland residents to Taiwan, "personal tour."　　In accordance with the principle of "gradual, positive and prudent", the possibility of opening mainland residents to Taiwan "individual tour" is seriously studied, and after the market matures and the conditions are available, the pilot explores the "personal tour" of Taiwan tourism. Four is to promote the mainland's main source of business and the Taiwan industry close interaction. Support all provinces and cities and Taiwan industry market interaction, source of mutual delivery, the results of sharing.　　Happy to see and efforts to promote more mainland China and Taiwan to strengthen tourism exchanges and cooperation. Five is to jointly create "Strait tourism" brand. To give full play to the advantages of cross-strait tourism, promote the development of high-end products across the region, promote the "one-stop" tourism, promote the link between the two sides of the cruise tourism, jointly announced the promotion of the Straits Tourism brands, further study cross-strait tourism facilitation measures to enhance comprehensive strength and competitive advantage,　　Strive to build the Straits East and west into a world-class tourist destination. Six is to promote cross-strait tourism industrialization development. We continue to increase cooperation in tourism, leisure and rural tourism, and expand cooperation in medical and health tourism, old age tourism, wedding tourism, shopping tourism, cruise tourism and other special tourism, and promote the cooperative development of leisure agriculture, tourism equipment manufacturing, tourism education and training and other related industries. Finish)