London, Nov. 10 (CNA) Taiwan's representative to the United Kingdom joined a group of travel agents from Taiwan in touting tourism in Taiwan at the 2009 World Travel Market (WTM) trade show in London Tuesday.
Chang Siao-yue told British travel agents and journalists that Taiwan not only offers beautiful scenery and hospitable people, but also Chinese food of the world's highest quality.
It also features a number of must-see sites, including the National Palace Museum in Taipei, which showcases 5,000 years of Chinese history, Chang said.
She said travel between Taiwan and the United Kingdom is expected to become more convenient after EVA Airways increases flights on its Taipei-London route and China Airlines begins flying to London in the near future.
Chang Wei-ting, director of the Taipei Tourism Office in Germany, which is responsible for promoting tourism in Europe, said the global financial crisis has had an impact on the travel industry, with the number of U.K. tourists to Taiwan decreasing 8 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of this year to 33,000.
He stressed, however, that this is the first year since 1972 in which more U.K. citizens have visited Taiwan for pleasure than for business purposes, citing Tourism Bureau statistics.
The annual WTM is one of the biggest travel industry events in the world. This year's event is being held until Nov. 12, gathering travel professionals from 187 countries.
(By Jennifer Huang and Y.F. Low)
Source: etaiwannews.com/
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