Xiao Jingtian, chairman of the Taiwan Tourist Hotel Business Association and chairman of the Taiwan Farmers Association, said in an interview that the tourism industry and agriculture have been severely damaged since Tsai Ing-wen "came in power" in 2016, and now the epidemic is spreading in countries all over the world, making the situation worse , if these two industries are to recover, it depends on the mainland.
Xiao Jingtian
Xiao Jingtian, born in 1954, served as a "legislator" and member of the Central Standing Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, Deputy Speaker of Changhua County, and president of the Xiao Clan Association. He is currently the chairman of the Taipei Beitou Regency Hot Spring Hotel, the chairman of the Tourist Hotel Business Association, and the chairman of the Taiwan Farmers Association.
Xiao Jingtian said that the outbreak and spread of the epidemic have had a great impact on the entire tourist hotel and hotel industry. If you look at the average occupancy rate, it has dropped by more than 70%. The lost output value is difficult to calculate because the epidemic has not yet ended. The remaining 30% of the housing rate comes from three parts, one is business, the other is personal or family car travel, and the third is three or five friends going out to play. As for those who organized groups to take tour buses, those who organized employee tours in companies, and even those who held various meetings, seminars, and study camps in the government, all of them were gone.
He pointed out that from the point of view of Taiwan’s main island , the degree of panic among people is far more serious than the development of the epidemic. Community activities, thus causing a very large decline in economic activity, consumer economy.
He said that although the Tsai authorities are now proposing measures such as bailouts, subsidies, relief, and incentives, these are far less miserable losses than tourist hotels and general hotels, because for tourist hotels and hotels, the daily occupancy rate is at least It needs to maintain more than 50% occupancy rate to survive, and some even have to have an occupancy rate of 65% to survive. This depends on the scale and category of the hotel, as well as the target customers, equipment, and facility scale. The subsidy of the plan is less than the income of 10% of the housing rate.
He said that many tourist restaurants and hotel industries rely on borrowing to survive. Basically, they don’t want to lay off employees or take unpaid leave, because if they continue, more than half of the industry will collapse, and it will be difficult to revive it in the future. The bailout plan by the Taiwan authorities has good intentions, but there is no complete supporting and integration .
Xiao Jingtian pointed out that when Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016 and cross-strait relations turned bad, it suffered a major blow. It is said that the total number of tourists is more than 10 million, of which at least 2 million are lost from mainland China. Although tourists from Southeast Asia are used to make up the number, their spending power is far lower than that of mainland tourists. Therefore, the number of tourists seems to be maintained at 10 million, but the tourism output value is poor. There are many, and the reason why Lu Ke did not come is because they think that the Cai authorities are not friendly. He really wanted to persuade the Cai government to make things difficult for Lu Ke, which is tantamount to making trouble with money.
Changes in the sales of agricultural products to the mainland. Xiao Jingtian said that because of the atmosphere on both sides of the strait, the impact of the epidemic, and the lack of communication between the two sides, many products from the mainland are no longer purchased, and they are purchased from Southeast Asia. So now all sales to the mainland are 0 In the past, when Ma Ying-jeou had a good cross-strait relationship, mainlanders were based on emotion, and there were many preferential policies for selling agricultural products to the mainland. The mainland even gave "green customs clearance".
Source: Zhongping.com