大陸游客銳減臺灣旅遊業寒冬來襲

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For Taiwan tourism, winter came early.

對於臺灣旅遊業來說，今年的冬天來得有些早。

A significant drop in mainland visitors in the past few months has taken its toll on the island's tourism economy.

過去幾個月裏，大陸赴臺遊客數量的銳減已經對臺灣的旅遊經濟造成了極大損失。

Forty percent of related businesses were hit with a sharp drop in revenue--23 percent on average--according to a survey by Taiwan companies 1111 Job Bank and its subsidiary TaiwanXing travel agency.

據臺灣1111人力銀行及其子公司臺灣行旅行社的調查顯示，百分之四十的旅遊相關產業的收入都大幅下降（平均下降23%）。

The cold spell claimed its first major victim when Genesis Travel Agency, a time-honored company specializing in group tour services for mainland visitors, declared bankruptcy last Wednesday, according to the Taiwan tourism authority.

據臺灣旅遊局表示，臺灣創世紀旅行社是這次旅遊業寒冬的第一個主要受害者。這家歷史悠久、專營陸客團體遊的公司在上週三宣佈破產。

Mainland tourists accounted for 40 percent of Taiwan's total visitors last year. Now, with fewer visitors coming from the mainland, Hsu Kao-ching, a former executive of the Travel Agent Association, said he worried there would be more travel agency closures.

大陸游客佔據了去年赴臺旅遊總人數的40%。臺旅行公會全聯會前祕書長許高慶表示，他擔心隨着大陸赴臺遊客數量的減少，未來會有更多的旅行社倒閉。

The total number of mainland visitors has fallen 22.3 percent since Tsai Ing-wen took office in May 20, according to the Taiwan tourism authority.

據臺灣旅遊局表示，在蔡英文於5月20日就職以後，大陸赴臺遊客總數較原來減少了22.3%。

In June, the number had dropped to 271,000, the lowest point in 30 months.

這個數字在六月下降到了27萬1000人次，是近三個月裏的最低值。

The number of Chinese group tours was cut by 47 percent from June to July, partly because of fallout from a fatal bus fire near Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport that killed 24 mainland tourists on July 19, according to the Taiwan tourism authority.

臺灣旅遊局還聲稱，大陸赴臺的旅行團數量在六、七月份驟降了47%，部分原因是在7月19日臺灣桃園國際機場附近發生的旅遊大巴起火事故，這場事故奪走了24名大陸游客的生命。

Political uncertainty created by Tsai's party and safety concerns over the bus accident are the main reasons for the free fall in mainland tourists, said Zhu Songling, director of Taiwan Research and Cross-Straits Relations at Beijing Union University.

北京聯合大學臺灣研究院兩岸研究所所長朱松嶺表示：“民進黨創造出的政治不確定性以及大巴事故中顯露出的安全隱患，是大陸赴臺遊客數量劇減的主要原因。”