Many countries are still fighting to restore tourism on the dimensions it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Places like Hong Kong and regions in Italy have began offering free travel and even free homes to encourage people to visit them and help boost their economies.
The most recent place on this list is Taiwan. The federal government offers tourists 5,000 Latest Taiwan dollars (roughly $163) per traveler, or 20,000 Taiwan dollars (roughly $653) for up to 90,000 tour groups.
According to The guy with the pointsChang Shi-chung, general manager of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau, said the cash could be sent via a digital tourism card to make sure that the funds go directly to tourism in Taiwan. Travelers will give you the chance to use the cards for food, accommodation and other travel-related expenses.
Taiwan is focused on attracting more visitors from places like Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macao, Europe and the USA
According to Taiwan Tourism Bureauit was visited by lower than 900,000 people in 2022 compared to record 11.8 million international tourists in 2019.
It is still unclear when and the way Taiwan will start distributing digital travel cards as the federal government has yet to reveal its plan.
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