2017년 9월 22일 금요일

陸客來台成長 蔡政府首見

交通部觀光局昨(21)日公布8月旅客來台人數,較7月增加7.6萬人次,但今年前八月累計人數較去年同期衰退近3.9%、減少27.7萬人次。而陸客來台人數微幅增加1,400多人,8月陸客自由行破10萬人次,均為蔡政府執政16個月以來首見正成長。

不過,去年發生719火燒遊覽車事件,去年8月陸客明顯銳減,基期較低。觀光局官員坦言,若未發生遊覽車意外,8月陸客來台人數仍較去年衰退,但7、8月暑假陸客來台人數,確實較上半年每個月的來台人數多,希望未來四個月也能增加。

https://money.udn.com/money/story/5648/2715873

李大維投書:聯合國對台灣太過分




聯合國大會9月19日起在紐約召開。羅德島州「普羅維敦斯紀事報」(Providence Journal)21日在論壇(opinion )版刊出中華民國外交部長李大維專文「聯合國對台灣太過分 」(My Turn:David Tawei Lee:U.N. treatment of Taiwan is outrageous)。李大維在文中呼籲聯合國公平對待台灣,支持台灣參與世界衛生大會(WHA)及相關國際組織。

https://udn.com/news/story/6656/2716466

My Turn: David Tawei Lee: U.N. treatment of Taiwan is outrageous

New York is one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. The landmarks — the United Nations headquarters, in particular — are symbols of equality, diversity and freedom. Regrettably, the brilliant luster of these ideals has become tarnished of late as more visitors from Taiwan find themselves being turned away from the U.N. grounds, discriminated against simply because of their country of origin.

The universality of human rights that the U.N. proclaims does not extend to Taiwan and its 23 million people. This mistreatment dates back to 1971, when my government lost its representation in the organization — and in the intervening decades, Taiwan has met with challenges and isolation. But we have never retreated, for we believe very strongly that those who follow the path of virtue can never truly be alone.

http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/20170920/my-turn-david-tawei-lee-un-treatment-of-taiwan-is-outrageous