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Article: Weekend charter flights, mainland tourists positive for Taiwan economy
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 10, 2008
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Weekend charter flights, mainland tourists positive for Taiwan
economy
TAIPEI, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Weekend charter flights across the
Taiwan Straits and mainland tourists visiting the island will be
good for the economy of both sides, especially Taiwan, said Straits
Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Pin-kun Thursday.
The head of the Taiwan-based foundation made the remarks when
meeting here with Shao Qiwei, chairman of the Beijing-based Cross-
Straits Tourism Communication Association (CSTCA).
Under an agreement signed by the mainland-based Association for
Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and the SEF on June 13, mainland
tourists can visit Taiwan by chartered flights on ...