109 mainland China visitors fly to Taiwan directly

2008-07-08 Taibei A Boeing 757-200 aircraft with 109 visitors from mainland China on board took off from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and arrived at Taipei Songshan Airport recently, marking the inaugural weekend direct charter flight across the Taiwan Straits. Guo Hengming, head of Fujian Provincial Tourism Bureau, indicated that Fujian province is making efforts to actively attract citizens from other mainland provinces to visit Taiwan via... [read full story]