推动国外邮轮来台奖助要点草案总说明-roc-taiwanorg.DOC

PAGE PAGE 1 Directions for Tourism Bureau, MOTC Incentives for the Promotion of Foreign Incentive Tours to Taiwan Issued under Guan-Guo Letter No. 10509037111 on March 10, 2016. These Directions were formulated by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (hereafter referred to as the the Bureau) to encourage foreign incentive tour groups to visit Taiwan so that Taiwan can become an important travel destination in Asia, and to support the development of the tourism industry. Eligibility for incentives: Businesses or corporate bodies that organize incentive tours and are registered with the competent authorities overseas. Foreign tourism destination management companies and travel operators or domestic travel operators commissioned by foreign enterprises or corporate bodies to organize incentive tourism activities in Taiwan. Definition of the terms used in these Directions: Incentive tour: Tours to Taiwan organized by foreign or Mainland Chinese (including Hong Kong and Macau) enterprises or corporate bodies for their employees or related personnel in order to encourage or boost employee sales, or to realize the companys management targets. Incentive tour group: Groups formed of foreign or Mainland Chinese (including Hong Kong and Macau) tourists participating in incentive tours to Taiwan and staying for at least 4 days/3 nights. Each group should contain at least 50 people. If the visits to Taiwan are split into batches due to operational considerations, then the total number of visitors from an enterprise or corporate body over the course of the same year is used as the basis for calculation. Bidding phase: The period when the bid to host the incentive tour in Taiwan is being made. Hosting phase: The period when the incentive tour group is visiting Taiwan. Incentive types and principles: Bidding phase: For foreign or Mainland Chinese (including Hong Kong and Macau) personnel with decision-making authority regarding incentive tours