Taiwanese rank first among foreign tourists to Hokkaido│TVBS新聞網

TAIPEI (TVBS News) — Taiwan's boutique carrier is betting big on powder-hungry travelers. Starlux Airlines (星宇航空) and Japanese hospitality group Hoshino Resorts unveiled plans Thursday (April 17) for a specialized winter ski charter service to Hokkaido, targeting the increasingly lucrative winter sports tourism market. Starlux Airlines manager Hsieh I-chin (謝亦勤) pointed to last winter's impressive 80% occupancy rate on Hokkaido routes as evidence of the northern Japanese island's rising appeal among Taiwanese travelers.The collaboration comes amid surging Taiwanese interest in Japanese destinations. Manabu Ainai, Hoshino Resorts' Director of All Hokkaido Region, revealed that visitor numbers from Taiwan have more than