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Taiwan remains strictly business destination for Russians

15:06, 8 октября 2012

In 2011 the island of Taiwan received more than six million foreign visitors. During the first eight months of 2012 the inbound tourist flow amounted to about 4.7 million tourists, which is 24.8% more than in the same period of last year.

 

The share of Russian tourists in the flow is really small though. Yet the Taipei-Moscow coordination committee on economic and cultural cooperation considers the increase in the tourist flow from Russia to be substantial. Last year it amounted to 22%, compared to 2010 figures – 6667 tourists in 2011 opposed to 5454 in 2010. This year’s data shows that from January to August the number of visitors from China increased by 54%, from Hong-Kong and Macao – by 18.9%, from Japan – by 18.3% (all compared to same period in 2011).

 

According to Russian tour operators, the relations with Taiwan are developing year after year at a steady pace. General Manager of China Tour & Business Travel, Sergey Dzhan Sha confirmed that the majority of our tourists visit the island on business purposes, to participate in trade fairs and take tours of production facilities. Every year the company sends about 50 people to Taiwan. And the General Manager assures that these statistics are pretty much the same for anyone dealing with this destination.

 

This opinion is seconded by Head of Sales Department in Oriental Discovery, Natalia Dalbinova. She confirms that the tourist flow is growing very slowly. The island has many hi tech production facilities and houses many popular trade-fairs, especially in the game industry. So most of her clients visit Taiwan for a couple of days to take part in the fair and meet with their foreign partners. “The ration of businessmen to tourists is about 10 to 1. And these rare tourists are usually wealthy people, who have seen most of the world, and need Taiwan just for their checklist”, - explains Mrs. Dalbinova. According to her, real tourists prefer to visit the lakes, like the famous lake of The Sun and The Moon – the biggest in the region. National parks are also popular: “We even offer an overnight tour to one of the Buddhist temples”.

 

Natalia Dalbinova is not expecting a steep increase in the number of Russian tourists to Taiwan in recent years. She feels the destination is not promoted enough, the market has no information on the tourist attractions and services the island offers. And business partners usually arrange visits without turning to tour operators.

 

Sergey Sedov, Head of the Department at Astravel, sees a lighter future for Russian tourism. According to him, the number of Russian visitors to Taiwan increases by about 10% every year. He remembers how ten years ago the whole tourist flow from Russia amounted to about three thousand people. And now the number has doubled. “Still, we’re not playing any important role in Taiwan’s tourism. Just think about it – Turkey alone receives about 20 thousand Russian tourists every day”, - Mr. Sedov compared the numbers. Their company sends around 800-900 people to the island of Formosa every year, almost all of them are businessmen.

 

There are no direct flights to Taipei from Russia, so every tourist has to make a transit in Singapore, Bangkok, Hong-Kong or Seoul. The expert reminded that several years ago Transaero introduced a direct flight, but it didn’t pay off, and was shut down. Sergey Sedov also noted that slow development of the travel industry in Taiwan is due to high prices. A visit to the island will cost you five times more than visiting continental China.

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