Taipei, June 15 (CNA) Round 70 Taiwanese journey companies have headed to Seoul, South Korea for an annual convention selling bilateral tourism, the Tourism Bureau stated in an announcement on Wednesday.

Based on the assertion, the June 13-15 convention is being collectively organized by the Taiwan Guests Affiliation and the Korea Affiliation of Journey Brokers and goals to spice up customer figures between Taiwan and South Korea to three million this yr.

Through the convention, tourism officers from Taiwan launched ferries, railways and artwork festivals in Taiwan, hoping to draw extra South Korean guests, the bureau stated.

Journey companies are additionally inspired to launch constitution flights to carry vacationers to japanese Taiwan, the bureau added.

In the meantime, Chang Shi-chung (張錫聰), head of the Tourism Bureau, highlighted the promotional plan “Taiwan, the Fortunate Land” rolled out earlier this yr below which international arrivals have the prospect to win procuring vouchers value as much as NT$5,000 (USD$162.5).

On the convention, South Korean tourism officers additionally recommended that Taiwan might appeal to South Korean guests with out of doors actions like mountaineering and biking.

The bureau stated that after Taiwan lifted its border restrictions, guests from South Korea reached 148,000 within the first quarter of 2023, which is probably the most amongst all inbound group guests.

Customer numbers between the 2 nations topped 2.45 million in 2019, and tourism officers from either side goal to succeed in much more this yr, the bureau added.