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Taipei, March 12 (CNA) Tourist attractions in Palau such as the famed Milky Way and Clam City snorkeling spots will be among designated tour sites for visitors from Taiwan, in a travel bubble encompassing the two nations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the chief of Palau s tourism promotion office in Taiwan said Friday.
Alex Lei, who heads the Palau Visitors Authority s (PVA s) representative office in Taiwan, made the statement after a much-anticipated travel initiative between Taiwan and Palau was reported last week to have made major progress.
The PVA, in preparation for the launch of the travel bubble, has compiled a list of hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions that meet the authority s pandemic control requirements, Lei said.
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