Taipei - The number of foreigners visiting Taiwan rose 5.6 per cent to 1.9 million from January to June, amid Taiwan's efforts to find ways to lure more foreign tourists, the government said Friday. The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics said that of the 1.9 million foreigners, 44.7 per cent were tourists, 24.5 per cent were business visitors and 30.8 per cent were foreigners entering Taiwan for other purposes. However, some tourism industry analysts accuse the government of stretching the tourism numbers, because the official tally covers not only tourists and business visitors, but also foreign workers, foreign spouses of Taiwan citizens and foreign students. Currently there are about 370,000 foreign workers and maids in Taiwan, coming from Southeast Asian countries. During the same January-June...
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