Twenty-one members of a tour group -- 19 mainland tourists from South China's Guangdong province, a local guide and a local driver -- are still missing after their bus was hit by a landslide on the highway on Oct 21.

"But I'm still waiting for my sister, no matter herself or her body," she told Xinhua. "The rescue team should expand its search areas."

Roget Hsu, secretary-general of the island's Travel Agent Association, said the association respected the appeals the relatives made. "We'll make all-out efforts to expand the searching areas and intensify our efforts to find the missing people."

The local prosecutors authority collected DNA samples from the relatives Tuesday to help in the identification of remains.

Despite the intermittent rain, rescuers continued the search Tuesday, and a helicopter managed to land on the beach below highway section 112.8 km.