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SEPARATE PASS CARDS: A government plan designates three commuter regions in Taiwan proper and offers monthly pass options that would suit each locationBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
ENCOURAGEMENT: The transportation ministry plans to give vouchers worth NT$5,000 to NT$20,000 to foreign visitors, as well as subsidies to qualifying hotel operatorsBy Chen Hsin-yu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, staff writer, with CNA
Taipei, Feb. 20 (CNA) The 2023 Taiwan Lantern Festival wrapped up in Taipei on Sunday after drawing a record of over 12 million visitors in one of Taiwan's first large-scale international events since it began easing COVID-19 restrictions.
By Ting Yi / Staff reporterThe government is to spend NT$6 billion （US$200.69 million） on incentives to attract more than 6 million international tourists to Taiwan this year, including offers of free high-speed rail tickets with plane ticket purchases, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai （王國材） said.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BOOST: A total of NT$20 billion would be bugeted for the expansions of Taipei’s and Kaohsiung’s month passes, and a Taichung-centered systemBy Cheng Wei-chi, Ting Yi and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer