Local media said: to free will open the second city of 5 to 8

According to theTaiwan"Commercial times" report, cross-strait tourism "NPC and CPPCC" 26 will convene a meeting, the representatives of both parties on the tour to discuss issues.

"NPC and CPPCC" from both sides of the Taiwan StraitsTravelingTourism Association (TSTA) and across the Taiwan Strait Tourism Exchange Association (sea trip will) jointly held, the past average quarterly, practical to discuss cross-strait tourism issues, is a closed-door meeting, cross-strait tourism policy dialogue platform is the main.

According to reports, the "NPC and CPPCC" will focus on expanding land guest free pilot city, visitors daily to limit the number increased to 5000 people, free to 2000 people on issues such as exchange of views, the opening of the new second-tier city in about 5 to 8, the opening time of about 3 at the end of the month to the end of 4.

Taiwan official said, Taiwan has been hoping to increase land guest goes to a free travel city, both parties have the tacit understanding, as long as the will to reach a consensus, to be announced.

Taiwan hopes mainland second city residents above, can be free to visit Taiwan, not because of the city and there are differences, but according to past experience, we still want to take step by step, the land gradually open mode, the consultation can we look forward to the "one-step", still many variables.

����TravelingIndustry estimates, in the cross-strait tourism authorities expect to expand the freedom of the city of the consensus, this year continued to open pilot city is "ripe", the opening of the new city of about 5 to 8, the opening time prediction is at the end of 3 to 4 at the end of the.

IncludeHeilongjiangHarbin,JilinChangchun,YunnanKunming,LiaoningShenyangAndDalian,HenanLuoyangAndZhengzhou,HubeiWuhan,ZhejiangNingbo,JiangsuWuxi,HunanChangsha,GuangdongZhuhaiCity, due to open direct flights across the Straits, increases the possibility is not low.

Since the open land guest free, free pilot city from an initial 3, increased to 13, tourism "NPC and CPPCC" once finalized open city and the implementation process, with the Taiwan side improve land guest free daily limit to 2000, the number of mainland tourists to Taiwan in May this year, is expected to continue to grow. (source: chinanews.com)