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Article: 1st Ld-Writethru: Taiwan expects over 10,000 mainland tourists for Lunar New Year holiday
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- January 14, 2009
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1st Ld-Writethru: Taiwan expects over 10,000 mainland tourists
for Lunar New Year holiday
TAIPEI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- More than 10,000 mainland tourists
are expected to visit Taiwan during the Spring Festival holiday,
according to the island's tourism department.
Yao Ta Kuang, a senior official of the Taiwan Travel Agent
Association, said so far, Taiwan tour operators had received more
than 10,000 travel applications from mainland residents.
Taiwan travel agencies estimated that during Taiwan's nine-day
Lunar New Year holiday, an average of more than 1,000 mainland
tourists a day will visit, with the total to exceed 10,000.
This year, the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, falls ...