Weekday accommodation subsidies and amusement park overnight activities have been extended by the Political Yuan until the end of December

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications will report on the "Implementation Status of the Two-wheel Drive Program for Tourism" at the Executive Yuan today (5th). The original program period for weekday accommodation subsidies and overnight stays at amusement parks was until the end of November. However, the program has begun to show results, and the Executive Yuan decided to extend it until the end of December. It is estimated to drive 4.4 million people to spend and create a tourism output value of 37.4 billion yuan.

According to the Tourism Administration, the second-night stay rate nationwide for the "Weekday Accommodation Subsidy" program has exceeded 50%, with Hualien, Penghu, Taitung, Lienjiang, Pingtung and Kinmen performing significantly better than the national average. The policy has achieved the goal of guiding Chinese people to spend three days and two nights on weekdays and deeply experience the local stories of CITS. The 48,000 units of the "Taiwan Pass" 50% discount plan are about to be sold out.

The Ministry of Transport pointed out that in order to continue the upsurge in accommodation and travel among Chinese people, the Ministry of Transport has extended the "Weekday Accommodation Subsidy" and "Amusement Park Overnight Activities" programs until December 31 this year, and is considering increasing the 50% discount on the "Taiwan PASS" program to continue to stimulate the upsurge in international travel. In addition, the International Independent Travel Tourist Program was launched in October. The "old and new" program attracted 120,000 registrations and attracted more than 20,000 traveling relatives and friends. Especially tourists from Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Macao responded enthusiastically. It also led to the transformation and diversification of tourist sources in Taiwan, and weaned away from dependence on a single market.