Why does traveling to Taiwan Province restrict household registration? What's the story?

Travel to Taiwan Province Province is restricted by household registration.

Date of addition: February, 2009-10 Keywords: tourism in Taiwan Province province, household registration restrictions.

In 2008, the National Tourism Administration issued the Regulations on Household Registration for Traveling to Taiwan Province Province, and its website published three detailed documents, such as Notes for Mainland Residents Traveling to Taiwan Province Province, but there are no clear regulations on the qualifications of tourists participating in the group and the handling of passes. For mainland citizens who want to join tour groups, only the first batch of registered residents in 13 provinces and cities can sign up. Visitors are required to apply for the Pass for Mainland Residents to and from Taiwan and travel endorsement at the entry-exit administration department of the domicile with the invoice of participating in the tour group. According to the precautions for mainland residents to travel to Taiwan Province Province, mainland residents who travel to Taiwan should participate in group tours and round-trip tours with the Pass for Mainland Residents to and from Taiwan and tourist endorsement; Luggage and articles carried with you when traveling to Taiwan Province must go through customs clearance procedures in accordance with the Measures of People's Republic of China (PRC) Customs on the Supervision of Luggage and Articles of Inbound and Outbound Passengers and relevant regulations.

People in the travel agency industry pointed out that tourists from Taiwan Province Province will no longer need passports, but they must apply for mainland residents' passes to and from Taiwan at the entry-exit administration department where their household registration is located. If we refer to the handling method of Hong Kong and Macao Pass, tourists can apply for L-shaped travel endorsement in the entry-exit administration department, that is, the round-trip travel endorsement for the whole group. When handling the pass, you must hold the invoice and personal identification of the Taiwan Province Provincial Participating Group. Need to remind the public that the processing time for Hong Kong and Macao passes is 5 working days, and the processing time for Taiwan passes is still unknown. If you plan to take part in the tour of Taiwan Province Province, you'd better register more than half a month in advance, leaving time for handling the documents.

Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Shanghai and other 13 provinces and cities have opened the first batch of mainland residents to visit Taiwan, but is it only the registered population in these 13 provinces and cities that can sign up? At present, the National Tourism Administration has not made it clear, but referring to the previous US tour, only the registered population of open provinces and cities can participate in the tour. According to insiders of the travel agency, "the domestic tour in Taiwan Province Province is also managed according to the place of residence, and the registered population in Beijing, Tianjin and other 13 provinces and cities cannot go to Taiwan Province." As for cross-regional registration, can a Beijinger in Shanghai sign up for a tour group in Shanghai? According to industry speculation, it is very likely that the group can only be reported at the place where the household registration is located. "If cross-regional registration is allowed, tourists still have to go back to the place where they registered, and the travel agency can't handle it."