Travel agency has wings clipped

A Beijing travel agency will not be allowed to organize tours to Taiwan during the coming six months as a result of an incident at the Taipei Taoyuan International Airport last month in which a tour party was turned around.

Twenty-four Beijing travelers were refused entry to Taiwan on March 10 because they did not have entry and exit permits from the local authority.

The group was held up at the airport for more than nine hours before finally having to return to Beijing later that night.