8 millionth visitor to Taiwan for 2013

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japan's Aya Omote (R), who was Taiwan窶冱 8 millionth visitor for 2013, attends a welcoming ceremony in Taipei on Jan. 2, 2014, with Taiwan's Premier Jiang Yi-huah. The newlywed from Niigata Prefecture arrived with her husband on Dec. 31 to spend their honeymoon and the New Year in Taiwan.

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