Taiwan to increase mainland visitor quotas  

台当局:陆客赴台数调高至每日5000人 拟4月调整

据台湾“中央社”报道，台当局交通部门报告指出，大陆旅客赴台数将调高为每日5000人次，自由行陆客则调为2000人次，预计4月实施。

Ecns - Taiwan's transport authority has said it will increase the number of daily mainland group visitors to 5,000 a day and the number of individual visitors to 2,000 a day.

The number of mainland visitors has increased steadily and their overall satisfaction has reached 98 percent, according to the transport authority.

The increased quotas are expected to take effect from April this year.

Taiwan aims to attract an annual 10 million visitors from outside the region by 2016. It intends to attract 7.7 million visitors this year.