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The 5th Cross-strait Taipei Travel Fair took place from August 13th to 16th in TWTC Hall 1. This time it reached several significant milestones. For the first time, it held independently of other travel shows, no longer just a part of Taipei International Travel Fair and introduced the first exhibition plus trading model which benefited both exhibitors and attendees. Furthermore, the 5th Cross-strait Taipei Travel Fair had the largest historical scale which was three times bigger than before.

[Subtitle] Cross-strait Tourism Carnival

Cross-strait Taipei Travel Fair gathered thousands representatives from Taiwan and China tourism industry. It also showed Taiwan Agriculture Pavilion and Travel Dream Area which was a region for attendees to profile their future ideal travel destination.

There were 516 booths in Taiwan Area including Council of Agriculture, Tourism Bureau, hotels, travel agencies, airlines and guesthouses. Also, there were some 1200 travel agency representatives at 366 booths in China Area, with creative themed pavilions of 31 provinces from China . At Shanghai booth, there not only offered information of traveling in Shanghai and World Expo, the popular mascot of Shanghai World Expo, Haibao, also appeared anytime. The

Attendees were so attracted by countless discounts offered from exhibitors and they had to be one member of those long queues for getting coupons or much cheaper price. The host unit also designed two lucky draws of entrance ticket and dream area attendants, which offered hundreds prizes.

[Subtitle] Fine Venue, Thoughtful Services

Exhibitors and attendees expressed their satisfaction for the fine, wide venue and wonderful services of TWTC Hall 1, they specially mentioned the thoughtful free shuttle bus from MRT City Hall station to TWTC Hall 1 offered them great transportation convenience. Mr. Lee from Hsinchu specially thanked for the convenient temporary leave stamp on the back of the hand, which allowed attendees to explore the vicinity in Shinyi District and then could enter the Fair venue again by showing the stamp and ticket. Moreover, everyone admired that all the products sold in the fair offered guaranty of contract , which could protect consumers and also immediately drove the sales.

Besides useful travel information and good bargains, there were also many shows showcased every 30 minutes at central stage such like traditional Taiwan aboriginal dancing, minority tribe dancing from different provinces in China , traditional Chinese theatrical opera and  the famous circus on ice show from Heilongjiang Province .

At the 5^th Meeting Room on 2^nd floor, thirty free travel product seminars opened to everyone free from Aug. 13^th to 16^th, which were great platform between sellers and buyers and invited famous bloggers to share their experiences on traveling smartly.