By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) yesterday said that it plans to upgrade the travel industry amid a COVID-19 epidemic by offering professional training subsidies to people working in the sector. According to the plan, NT$500 million would be used to train travel industry workers, while NT$300 million would be spent on training people working in transportation businesses. The travel industry and transportation businesses are facing unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 epidemic, Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said. The bureau would entrust business associations in the travel industry and travel service workers’ unions to host training seminars for their members, Wang added. Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) has agreed to increase subsidies for professional training if demand exceeds the estimates, Wang said.
