Association spokesman Eddy Lin cited the following factors in announcing the association's decision: (1) The U.S. dollar has depreciated against European currencies by 17 to 20 percent compared with last year, and the NT dollar has depreciated against the U.S. dollar by three to five percent.
海外旅行委員會長程團召集人林意毅指出，歐美團費用調高如下：1. 美元匯率波動，與去年比較，今年美金兌換歐幣貶值百分之十七至廿，且新台幣兌換美金也貶值百分之三至五。