TAIPEI, Feb 24 — Taiwan announced plans today to reopen to business travellers and shorten quarantine for all arrivals, slightly loosening restrictions in one of the few places alongside China still pursuing a zero-Covid strategy.
That included banning all foreign visitors, with the exception of a few categories such as residency holders and diplomats, since a surge in local infections last May. “We will open to foreign business people starting March 7 in line with some relaxations in the overall pandemic prevention measures,” said Chen Tsung-yen, deputy head of the CECC.
Business visitors have to apply in-person with Taiwan’s de facto embassies, while Chinese nationals must apply online via local host companies to the National Immigration Agency.