Mainland woos Taiwan tourists at tourism expo

Showcasing landscapes and cultural attractions and offering carefully tailored travel packages, travel agencies are actively promoting cross-Strait sightseeing at the Taipei Tourism Expo, though the COVID-19 epidemic is holding back their business. The mainland-based Association for Tourism Exchange Across the Taiwan Strait has hosted a 135-square-meter pavilion at the Taipei Tourism Expo, which opened Friday and will last for four days. Visitors are provided detailed tourism information including brochures of tailored sightseeing routes and city tours as well as the latest travel guides and promotional packages from mainland airlines. “Although people in Taiwan cannot visit the mainland as easily as…