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More Taiwanese visit Europe
The number of Taiwanese visitors to Europe jumped 33 percent year-on-year from March to May this year, spurred by the EU’s visa exemption program, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The number of Taiwanese visitors to Europe is expected to further surge this summer, the high season for travel, a ministry official said. The visa waiver, which took effect on Jan. 11, allowed Taiwanese nationals visa-free entry into a total of 35 countries and territories in Europe and was later expanded to include 11 overseas French territories and three Balkan countries, the official said. The visa-free measure has also helped to expand exchanges between Taiwan and Europe and strengthen bilateral ties, he said. For example, 44 groups of political and economic officials from Europe visited Taiwan in the first half of this year, up 66 percent from the same period the previous
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