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Article: Experts urge Taiwan authorities to let mainland tourists in
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 29, 2007
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Experts urge Taiwan authorities to let mainland tourists in
BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) -- If Taiwan authorities lifted the ban
on mainland tourists, the main result would be a positive economic
stimulus that would be felt in a variety of sectors, said experts
attending a forum held here on Sunday.
Huang Fucai, professor of the tourism department of mainland-
based Xiamen University, said promoting cross-Strait tourism will
benefit Taiwan's hotels, restaurants, transportation sector as well
as its retail industries.
"It will also solve Taiwan's unemployment problems by increasing
job opportunities in Taiwan," Huang said at the third cross-Strait
economic, trade and cultural forum.
Huang ...