Travelers on organized business trips are to receive NT$2,000 (US$63.77) each to remain in Taiwan as tourists after their trips conclude, the Tourism Administration and the Bureau of Foreign Trade announced.
The giveaway is part of an initiative to encourage people visiting Taiwan for meetings or conferences to stay longer.
The bureau said that the government had introduced similar projects in the past, but this was the first since the COVID-19 pandemic and the biggest budget ever allocated for such a project.
The budget would cover at least 20 international events if the full NT$500,000 is used each time, with more funding possible depending on the results of the program, they said.
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