COVID-19: Reward for travel agencies raised to NT$1.1bnBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe Tourism Bureau on Monday raised the total reward for travel agencies that organize the most domestic tour groups during the COVID-19 pandemic to NT$1.1 billion (US$39.6 million) from NT$800 million announced previously. However, the announcement drew criticism from small and medium-sized travel agencies, which said that the program would only benefit large travel agencies that can afford large marketing campaigns to attract customers. The number of tour groups that can be subsidized with government funds should depend on the size of travel agencies, he added. Lion Travel general manager Andy Yu (游國珍) said that more travel industry operators are eyeing business opportunities that would be created through the issuance of travel vouchers, now that they can be used to cover a variety of travel expenses. Visitors can use the locker rooms and showers on condition that they provide contact information and observe disease prevention guidelines, it added.

Source: Taipei Times August 31, 2021 15:56 UTC