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The show organizer, Taiwan Visitors Association (TVA), held 2 opening ceremonies for Cross-Strait Pavilion and the main show. In the side of Cross-Strait, several teams performed traditional entertainment shows like "Bian Lian" (Face-Changing) and Martial Arts of Shaolin Monastery (In Chinese: Shaolin Kungfu) successively at press conference and welcome reception yesterday and opening ceremony today. Participants from China and Taiwan hoped the relation from Cross-Strait can be improved with tourism industry.
In the main opening ceremony, Premier of the Republic of China Chun-hsiung Chang not only announced the premiums of "2008-2009 Visit Taiwan Year" but also said: "We (the Executive Yuan) will still encourage foreign visitors visit Taiwan and also provide premiums for groups with a charter airline. with our '2008-2009 Visit Taiwan Year' in the future".
Not only Chun-hsiung Chang, Minister of Transportation and Communications Duei Tsai, Commissioner of Tourism Bureau of MOTC Janice Lai, and the current President of Palau Thomas Esang Remengesau, Jr. visited this show. Governments in several divisions participated in this show to showcase traditional cultures from several divisions with unlimited potentials on tourism industry in Taiwan.

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This is a complete or partial translation of the article "2007台北國際旅展 政院高層宣示力挺觀光業", from the Chinese language Wikinews, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

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