INQUIRER.net: Taiwanese cancel trips to Philippines over row

INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

Taiwanese cancel trips to Philippines over row May 28th 2013, 03:08 MANILA, Philippines — Philippine tourism officials said they stand to lose $4.5 million monthly in canceled bookings and charter flights from Taiwan as a result of a diplomatic row over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman. Most of the cancelations have hit the popular beach resort of Boracay in the central Philippines, where Taiwanese visitors are the second largest group after South Koreans. In 2012, more than 90,000 Taiwanese visited the island. The shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard on May 9 has led Taiwan's government to freeze the hiring of Filipino workers and discourage travel. The Department of Tourism said in reports published T... Keep on reading: Taiwanese cancel trips to Philippines over row Media files: boracay-island.jpg (image/jpeg)

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