TAIPEI, Taiwan – Ua hoolaha aku ka Bureau Tourisme i nehinei e hiki mai ana ka 7 miliona o keia makahiki ma Taiwan i ka waena o keia mahina ma mua o ka Kalikimaka, e like me ka mea i manao mua ia.
Ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena he 6.08 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i kipa aku i ka makahiki i hala, akā ua hōʻea ka helu i ka 5.93 miliona e like me ka mahina i hala. Ma ka awelika, hoʻokipa ka lāhui ma waena o 550,000 a me 600,000 mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia mahina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka ʻoihana ʻo Tsai Ming-ling, ua manaʻo mua ke keʻena e hiki mai ana ka 7 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi honua i ka Kalikimaka.
Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka poʻe malihini kipa ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia a hiki ke kanaka ke hōʻea i waena o ka mahina aʻe a i ʻole ma mua o ka Kalikimaka. Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana e hāʻawi ʻia nā makana i ka malihini laki, a me ka hoʻolilo kālā.
No Iapana, Kina, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea a me US ka hapa nui o nā malihini mākaʻikaʻi e kipa aku iā Taiwan.
Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana i hiki i nā malihini mai Hong Kong a me Macau ke ʻoi aku ma mua o 1 miliona i kēia makahiki.
Ua ulu mau ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi i nā makahiki ʻehā i hala. Ua piʻi ka helu mai 3.84 miliona ma 2008 a i 4.39 miliona ma 2009. Ua lele hou aʻe i 5.56 miliona ma 2010 a me 6.08 miliona i ka makahiki i hala.
Ua hoʻomaka ka ʻoihana i kahi ʻōnaehana helu hōkele i ka makahiki 2009 i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka maikaʻi o ka noho ʻana o ka lāhui. Ua hoʻolaha ke keʻena i nehinei he 47 mau hōkele i loaʻa i ka helu hōkū ma kahi loiloi hou.
Wahi a ke keʻena, 222 mau hōkele a me nā motel i loaʻa i ka helu hōkū ma o ka ʻōnaehana. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka papa inoa o nā hōkele ma ka pūnaewele puni honua o ka Tourism Bureau no nā hōkele a me nā hale hoʻokipa ma www.taiwanstay.net.tw.
