A Japanese hot spring inn with a century-old history, 'Daimaru Bessou,' was recently exposed for changing its bath water only twice annually. Health inspectors discovered Legionnaires' bacteria levels exceeded safety standards by 3700 times, causing at least one customer illness.
Returning to the office shortly after leaving Premier Sun's residence, I received a call from Mrs. Sun informing me that producing a proof of deposit would be difficult. If we couldn't obtain the visa due to this, she was considering canceling the trip.
This article critiques the proposal by DPP Legislator Chen Ou-po to levy a mandatory 'Departure Tax' on citizens and questions Transport Minister Hochen Tan's commitment to evaluating it. The author sarcastically suggests the government’s solution targets symptoms rather than causes, aiming merely to beautify negative growth figures in Taiwan's tourism market and increase tax revenue (mocked as a 'recreation fee'). The piece criticizes the government for failing to enhance domestic tourism value while trying to 'squeeze every cent' out of its own citizens through misguided policies.
Commentary on a Facebook post from 'Madde News' titled 'Rediscovering Joy—A Taiwan Without Chinese Tourists!' The author strongly condemns the exclusionary sentiment, comparing it to historical periods of segregation and discrimination like 1918 Shanghai or Nazi Germany.