{"id":120445,"date":"2017-09-30T07:10:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T11:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=120445"},"modified":"2017-09-30T07:10:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T11:10:07","slug":"visa-free-entry-to-boost-ph-taiwan-tourism-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/30\/visa-free-entry-to-boost-ph-taiwan-tourism-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa-free entry to boost PH-Taiwan tourism ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_119693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119693\" style=\"width: 4000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BeFunky-Collage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119693\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BeFunky-Collage.jpg\" alt=\"Taiwan vowed to continue working with the Philippine relevant authorities to enhance cooperation to eliminate the transnational drug trafficking.\u2029\u2029 (PH and Taiwan flag)\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BeFunky-Collage.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BeFunky-Collage-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BeFunky-Collage-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BeFunky-Collage-1024x545.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-119693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huang considers tourism an important industry for both Taiwan and the Philippines.\u2029\u2029 (PH and Taiwan flag)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Tourist arrivals in Taiwan and the Philippines are expected to double in the next three years following the former\u2019s decision to grant Filipinos a visa-free entry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are hoping that the number of tourists between our two countries will double in the next three years,\u201d James Huang, chairman of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, told reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Taiwan Expo Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Huang considers tourism an important industry for both Taiwan and the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>He said the tourism business between the two countries soared to a record 70 percent to 80 percent in the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very, very optimistic once the visa-free program is implemented. Tourists\u2019 ties between our two countries will be further strengthened,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Taiwan\u2019s decision to give Filipinos a visa-free entry can also enhance cultural, economic and trade ties with the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Huang said Taiwan Premier Lai Ching-te approved two days ago a visa-free status to citizens of the Philippines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Tourist arrivals in Taiwan and the Philippines are expected to double in the next three years following the former\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":119693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[343,2439,19159],"class_list":["post-120445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-philippines","tag-taiwan","tag-visa-free","mauthors-leslie-gatpolintan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}