Discounts for Bringing Your Own Cup from July 1 7/1起自帶環保杯 店家須提供至少5元優惠

A number of new initiatives will come online in July, including price increases for bus fares, domestic travel subsidies for people who have gotten their vaccine boosters, will be able to enjoy hotel stay subsidies of up to NT$1,300 per night per room for individual travelers. Also, beverage shops will start offering discounts of at least NT$5 to customers who bring their own cups.

Drink shops are busy taking orders in this hot summer weather. To encourage people to bring their own environmentally friendly cups, starting from July, whether consumers buy drinks at convenience or beverage stores, they can enjoy at least a NT$5 discount.

Citizen: “It's good for the earth. ( Reporter: “So this incentive will increase your chance of bringing your own cup? ”)Yes.”

Citizen: “My work is like this. I don't have a way to bring so many things when changing places. I think a NT$5 discount is a lot for bringing a reusable cup.”

In addition, the domestic travel subsidy will start in mid-July. As long as travelers stay in legal accommodation from Sunday to Thursday and have vaccine boosters, hotel accommodation can be discounted by NT$1,300 per night. There are also 70 percent off promotional theme park tickets available for weekday visits. Industry observers have seen travel reservations increase significantly for July and August.

Lin Chao-chun, Tourist Operator: “The number of reservations is already higher than that in May when the epidemic broke out. It probably has more than doubled. I believe travel subsidies will lead to a growth in tourism-related businesses.”

Some bus routes saw significant fare increases since July due to high oil prices and the rise in various costs after the epidemic. Using Taoyuan to Songshan Airport as an example, the bus fare has risen from NT$75 to NT$80. Although this is still less than the approved fare cap of NT$87, daily commuters still feel an increase in spending. Domestic air tickets will also increase starting June 30. The industry has notified more than 70,000 passengers who have booked tickets. The Civil Aeronautics Administration reminded that to take care of residents in outlying islands, the government will continue to subsidize the difference in fares. They remind passengers to confirm whether the subsidized difference is correct before departure.

炎炎夏日，手搖飲店家接單忙不停，為鼓勵國人自帶環保杯，從7月起，不論是到便利商店或是飲料店買飲品，只要自備飲料杯，都可以享有至少5元的優惠。

民眾說：「對整個地球是不錯（記者問：「所以會增加你想要自己帶杯子的誘因嗎？」）會。」

另一位民眾說：「工作就是這樣，換場地也沒辦法帶那麼多東西（環保杯），我覺得5元已經折很多了吧？環保杯。」

另外7月中起，國旅補助即將上路，旅客只要在週日至週四入住合法旅宿，並打滿疫苗追加劑，每晚住宿可折抵1300元，主題樂園門票在平日也有3折促銷優惠。業者觀察，7、8月份自由行訂單，已經有明顯成長。

旅遊業者林昭君指出：「訂房量已經比5月份疫情剛爆發比較嚴峻的時期，大概有成長一倍以上，相信在旅遊補助的一個加持下，那也會帶動相關的一個旅遊業績的成長。」 

不過國道客運部分，因油價高漲以及疫情後各項成本上升，7月起部分路線優惠減少，票價微幅上揚，以桃園到松山機場票價為例，從75元調整為80元，雖然還不到核定票價上限87元，不過每日搭乘的通勤族，支出仍有感增加。國內線機票則是自6月30日起就會調漲，業者已經通知超過7萬名已訂票旅客，民航局提醒，為照顧離島居民，政府將持續補貼居民票價差額，提醒旅客，出發前務必確認所補差額是否正確。