In a bid to restore the flow of foreign visitors to its shores, Taiwan will in May offer digital cards stored with NT$5,000 or vouchers of the same value for hotel stays to offset some travellers’ expenses.
According to a tourism bureau official, tourists intending to participate will receive a designated QR code after they register atThe QR code will serve as their lucky draw coupon, which travellers will have to scan at the airport to find out if they are one of 500,000 winners. Hotels and locations eligible for this promotion will be listed on the same website, along with other terms and conditions.
The tourism financial incentives were approved on March 24 as part of the government’s NT$380 billion post-pandemic economic recovery package, said Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications on April 18.its post-pandemic border opening in October 2022. Taiwan has been a popular tourist destination for travellers from Singapore, with 460,000 registered visitors to the island in 2019, before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.Mr Kevin Tay, 32, who spent seven days with his family on the island in December said Taiwan is always on his list of places to visit.