By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterAbout 10,000 people marched through downtown Taipei yesterday afternoon calling on the government to help the tourism industry amid a drop in the number of Chinese tourists. It was the first-ever protest organized by people and firms in the tourism industry, including travel agencies, tour guides, hoteliers, hostel operators, restaurant owners, tour bus companies and representatives of other businesses. Alishan, a must-see destination for most of the Chinese tourists, now gets fewer than 10 tour buses per day, she said. Yesterday’s protest concluded with representatives of the travel industry delivering a petition to the Presidential Office. The petition said that Taiwan attracted about 2 million Chinese tourists in tour groups last year, and the industry hoped about 1 million Chinese would come on group tours this year, representatives said.

Source: Taipei Times September 12, 2016 15:56 UTC