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Travelling to Kinmen, Matsu, and Taiwan (as group tourists) has also been suspended since early 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began. [12] In September 2023, the ROC authority allowed the mainland Chinese citizens residing in Hong Kong, Macao and overseas to apply for a Taiwan Entry Permit with no quota system.
Passport must be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival; Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from February 28, 2020, travelers who have stayed in Taiwan must fill out a health information card, and they will be quarantined for 14 days at the General Quarantine Administration.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of 19 March 2023 [update] in Taiwan , 10,231,343 are confirmed cases, including 18,775 deaths.
On 1 April 2021 Palau and Taiwan established a "travel bubble", allowing people to travel between the two countries, with restrictions. [13] The following month Palauan Minister of Health Emais Roberts said that the Taiwan bubble had become a "mute[sic] issue now" due to travel restrictions introduced between the countries as a result of Taiwan ...
[59] [58] Travelling with the Taiwan Travel Permit is not required nor useful when departing from Hong Kong, Macau or a third country. Since January 2016, Mainland residents are no longer required to hold a Mainland Resident Travel Permit if they depart from airports in Chongqing , Kunming or Nanchang and are only in transit through Taiwan to a ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The United States’ new top envoy to Taiwan promised Wednesday that Washington will help the self-ruled island defend itself as China ramps up its military threats.
As travelling to Taiwan for tourism purposes was not legalized until 2008 for Mainland residents, very few of the permits were issued before then. [8] Since then, travel restrictions for mainland Chinese have been gradually lifted by the Taiwanese government, although a quota system remains in place.
A study in Science found that travel restrictions could delay the initial arrival of COVID-19 in a country, but that they produced only modest overall effects unless combined with infection prevention and control measures to considerably reduce transmissions (this is consistent with prior research on influenza and other communicable diseases).