The Taiwan authorities have suspended travel groups to the mainland. The chairman of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce calls for honoring the promise of opening up.

Travel industry operators expressed strong anger and claimed that they had been deceived. The relevant industries are preparing to mobilize tens of thousands of people to go north after the year to protest on the streets against the authorities' changes in orders overnight, which will destroy the jobs of the tourism industry. The authorities should give priority to the interests of the people and fulfill their promises of opened up.