TAIPEI: Taiwan has rejected applications by Chinese tourism officials to enter the island for an international travel fair next month, authorities said on Thursday , citing the current"cross-strait situation" with China.
Organisers of the Taipei International Summer Travel Exposition had invited provincial tourism officials from China, but their applications were rejected"after taking into consideration the overall cross-strait situation", the National Immigration Agency said on Thursday. But"nearly 200 operators and actors" from China were still attending the fair, said spokesman Jan Jyh-horng.