Can residents of 47 cities in Chinese mainland temporarily suspend their personal endorsements when traveling to Taiwan?

As we all know, to travel to Taiwan Province Province, you need to apply for a Hong Kong and Macao Pass. Recently, however, there is a problem about documents, that is, individual visas in Taiwan Province Province will be cancelled from August. If you want to travel to Taiwan Province Province, you can only apply for a group visa. Details are as follows.

The pilot program of individual travel to Taiwan by mainland residents in 47 cities was suspended.

At present, the free travel products of online travel platforms such as Ctrip in Taiwan Province Province have not been removed from the shelves, and there is no specific statement on how tourists who travel to Taiwan in the near future deal with related air tickets, hotel return and change, etc.

According to the website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, on July 3 1 day, the Cross-Strait Tourism Exchange Association announced that, in view of the current situation of cross-strait relations, it decided to suspend the pilot of individual travel of mainland residents to Taiwan in 47 cities from August 1 day, 2000.

According to public information, the specific 47 cities mainly include Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen, Tianjin, Chongqing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Jinan, Xi, Fuzhou and Shenzhen.

At present, the free travel products of online travel platforms such as Ctrip in Taiwan Province Province have not been removed from the shelves, and there is no specific statement on how tourists who travel to Taiwan in the near future can handle related air tickets, hotel return and change, etc.

On July 3 1 day, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the Announcement of the Cross-Strait Tourism Exchange Association on Suspending Individual Travel of Mainland Residents to Taiwan in official website. The announcement said: "In view of the current situation of cross-strait relations, it was decided to suspend the pilot program of individual travel of mainland residents to Taiwan in 47 cities from August 1 2008."

According to the Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration, from August 1, the G-sign for individual travel endorsements in Taiwan Province Province will be suspended, and only team endorsements will be allowed. Some people in the tourism industry in Taiwan Province Province predict that this move may reduce the number of mainland tourists to Taiwan by about 700,000 in the next six months.

Regarding the suspension of individual travel to Taiwan, People's Daily Weibo commented in the evening: What is the reason for the suspension of individual travel to Taiwan? The authorities in Democratic Progressive Party are afraid that the door is empty. Frequent accidents, not by foreign self-respect, are often "touching porcelain." Who should bear the responsibility for smashing the good cards sent by the mainland and frustrating Bao Dao's tourism industry? No wonder it was ridiculed by mainland netizens as "I treat you as a compatriot and you treat me as a wallet". Please remember: Taiwan Province compatriots will be better if cross-strait relations are good.

47 cities including Beijing and Shanghai were affected.

20 1 1 The former National Tourism Administration revised the Measures for the Administration of Mainland Residents Traveling to Taiwan Province Province. The original "mainland residents traveling to Taiwan Province Province must be organized by designated travel agencies to travel to Taiwan in the form of groups" is changed to "mainland residents traveling to Taiwan Province Province can take two forms of group travel or individual travel", and a new "individual travel" mode is added.

Since June 28th, 20 1 1, Shanghai, Beijing and Xiamen took the lead in opening free travel to Taiwan, 47 cities in five batches have been opened.

The first batch (3): Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen. The second batch (10): Tianjin, Nanjing, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Jinan and Xi 'an 'an. The third batch (13): Suzhou, Wuhan, Ningbo, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Shenyang, Changchun, Shijiazhuang, Changsha, Kunming, Nanning, Hefei and Quanzhou. The fourth batch (10): Harbin, Taiyuan, Nanchang, Guiyang, Dalian, Wuxi, Wenzhou, Zhongshan, Yantai and Zhangzhou. The fifth batch (1 1): Haikou, Hohhot, Lanzhou, Yinchuan, Changzhou, Zhoushan, Huizhou, Weihai, Longyan, Guilin and Xuzhou.

On July 3 1 day, a staff member of a travel agency said that going to Taiwan and traveling with a group at present had no influence. Visitors who have previously applied for visas and entry permits to Taiwan can still go within the validity period.

Spring and Autumn Travel Agency said that in terms of products, related personal travel products to Taiwan have been removed to prevent consumers from making wrong choices. As the group tour to Taiwan will continue, Spring and Autumn Travel Agency provides two negotiation schemes for individual tourists to Taiwan. First, change the contract, suggest that tourists change their travel modes, and choose to go to Taiwan with a group tour as a reference; The second is to terminate the contract, and the company will do a good job of communication with suppliers. A staff member of OTA platform also said that product adjustment and follow-up involved.

In an interview with local media, a person from the tourism industry in Taiwan Province Province said that the number of mainland tourists to Taiwan is expected to decrease by about 700,000 in the next six months due to the suspension of the pilot program of individual travel to Taiwan by mainland residents.

In recent years, with the decrease of mainland tourists to Taiwan, the tourism income of Taiwan Province Province has also decreased from 20 15.

According to CEIC data, in 20 15, the total tourism revenue of Taiwan Province province in China was 25.729 billion US dollars, which decreased to 25.505 billion US dollars every year.

Some media in Taiwan Province Province once reported: "At the symposium of Taiwan Tourism Industry Re-innovation Bureau at the end of last year (referring to the end of last year), Yao Daguang, chairman of the Taiwan Province Cross-Strait Tourism Development Association, said that the tourism industry in Taiwan Province Province had been hit for more than two years. Although the number of tourists visiting Taiwan in the' new southbound' area has increased a little, the tourism industry has' no feeling' because more than 3,000 tour buses have been seized and more than 3,000 tour guides have lost their jobs. "

Bian Xiao made a simple calculation. For example, if 2.7 million tourists travel from Chinese mainland to Taiwan Province Province every year, the number of tourists will decrease by 50%, that is, 654.38+0.35 million. According to CEIC's data, in 2009, the daily per capita consumption expenditure of mainland tourists to Taiwan Province Province was $65,438 +084.38 yuan, with an average stay of 7.33 nights. Then, if the number of tourists to Taiwan is reduced by 50%, the tourism revenue of Taiwan Province Province will be reduced by 654.38 USD+82.5 million yuan, accounting for 765.438+06% of the total tourism revenue of Taiwan Province Province in 2005.