The Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council announced that it will resume processing applications from Hong Kong and Macau residents to travel to Taiwan on February 20.
Yuan Zhenning, the executive director of Zongyou, said on the radio program this morning (15th) that he welcomes the arrangement and believes that it will help the airline to increase flights and destinations faster. The passenger transport capacity is only about 20% before the epidemic, and the fares are expensive and there are few destinations, which still restrict the market and have no major impact on the business of travel agencies for the time being.
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Yuan Zhenning said that Taiwan welcomes the resumption of free travel in Hong Kong and Macau. He also pointed out that Taiwan’s earlier measures have narrowed the market. Resuming the processing of applications for Hong Kong and Macau residents to travel to Taiwan is expected to help airlines increase flights and destinations faster. city."
However, he believes that because the current air passenger capacity between Hong Kong and Taiwan is only about 20% before the epidemic, the price of air tickets is relatively high, and the number of destinations still restricts the market. The relevant arrangements will not have a major impact on the business of travel agencies for the time being.
However, he said that after the news was announced, the number of searches on the company's website yesterday (14th) for air tickets and hotels to Taiwan increased by about two or three times.
He also mentioned that there are currently 15 to 20 Taiwan tour groups every month, and it is expected that there will be more in the future.
Yuan Zhenning, executive director of Zongyou.
(File photo/photo by Zheng Zifeng)
Asked about the frequent cancellation of flights to Japan in recent months. Now that Taiwan has resumed free travel, whether more people will choose to go to Taiwan. Yuan Zhenning responded that many flights to Japan have been canceled recently. There are indeed more guests who are worried. I believe more guests will choose to go to Taiwan The flight schedule is similar to that of Japan, but Taiwan is cheaper.
Yuan Zhenning mentioned that the cancellation of flights by airlines follows the policy announced by the Japanese government at the end of last month, and the industry is now very proficient in handling related issues for customers.
He also pointed out that Japan is still limited in resources and manpower. It is expected that the airlines may not be able to increase a lot of flights in the first two quarters of this year. It is hoped that the situation will improve in autumn and winter.
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