More Taiwan tourists flock to city as cross-Straits ties improve

More than 220,000 Taiwan tourists had visited Beijing by the end of November, a rise of almost 70 percent year-on-year as a result of closer exchanges and facilitated services, the Beijing municipal bureau of tourism said in a report.

China International Travel Service (CITS), the biggest travel agency in the Chinese mainland, has received more than 2,000 Taiwan tourists so far this year. This is a record high.

Huang Guoyue, from the marketing department of CITS, said yesterday there would be more tourists from Taiwan to Beijing next year.