HOSPITALITY HIT:
Hotels in Hualien have an occupancy rate of 10 percent, down from 30 percent before the earthquake, a tourism Administration official said
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By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA
The Executive Yuan yesterday unveiled a stimulus package of vouchers and subsidies to revive tourism in Hualien County following a quake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale.
The tremor on April 3, which killed at least 17 people and left two others missing, caused the county an estimated NT$3 billion (US$92.7 million) in damages.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs is to issue vouchers worth NT$200 at the price of NT$100 for purchases at the Dongdamen Night Market (東大門夜市) in Hualien City to…