Taiwan journey agencies observe gradual gross sales for excursions to Palau | Taiwan News
TAIPEI (Taiwan Information) — Taiwanese journey companies featuring offer tours to Palau under the “vacation bubble” arrangement explained they had received fewer bookings than expected, maybe because of to the extraordinary prices each traveler has to include.


With the inaugural flight of the long-awaited “travel bubble” among Taiwan and Palau scheduled to take off on Thursday (April 1), six Taiwanese journey organizations have released group tours to the Micronesian country. They are Lion Journey, G. Tour, Phoenix Tours, Lifetour, KKday, and DTS Team.


Whilst all the first tours available by the companies have been completely booked, reservations for the remaining outings are however far more than 50-percent unbooked, according to an person functioning at one particular of the vacation agencies.


The person, who wished to continue being nameless, reported the high costs of the trips have been a major deterrent for lots of buyers. He extra that the Palau Tourism Bureau has altered its checklist of tourist spots readily available for viewing numerous situations presently, creating it difficult for the journey organizations to finalize their itineraries.


According to info launched by the journey companies, price ranges for a 4-day journey assortment from NT$64,900 (US$2,273) to NT$74,800. In the meantime, a five-working day tour could price as significantly as NT$85,800.


Phoenix Tours Basic Manager Benjamin Pien (卞傑民) pointed out that the pre-pandemic costs of a four-working day trip to Palau have been about NT$40,000. He explained quite a few shoppers would alternatively shell out less for a additional complete practical experience right after the global outbreak.


Despite the slow product sales, Pien claimed it is feasible that costs for the package deal excursions could lower as soon as a lot more spherical-journey flights are available in between the two international locations. He included that sales will probably increase the moment the first handful of tours have been productively carried out.

