Seven Taiwan hotels recently won Forbes Travel Guide honors, reflecting the local accommodation industry’s rising international reputation for offering value for money, high-quality facilities and services.
Seven Taiwan hotels recently won Forbes Travel Guide honors, reflecting the local accommodation industry’s rising international reputation for offering value for money, high-quality facilities and services.
2018 Taipei Lantern Festival is underway in Ximending of Wanhua District, attracting large numbers of visitors from home and abroad while showcasing the area’s creative pedigree and many cultural and historical attractions.
Taichung City in central Taiwan was recently named a trending travel destination for domestic and foreign tourists by U.S.-based vacation rental platform HomeAway.
Taiwan was ranked 29th least corrupt out of 180 countries and territories in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index released Feb. 21 by Berlin-based Transparency International.
Mayor Ko Wen-je raised the curtains for the 2018 Yangmingshan Flower Festival on February 22. During his address, he pointed out that Yangmingshan is well-known for both its natural and historical landscape, with a plethora of historical traces awaiting visitors via an uphill hike from Zhongshan Hall.
Taiwan’s economy will continue to gather steam this year on the back of forward-looking policymaking in areas spanning infrastructure investment and regulatory easing as well as improving market conditions at home and abroad, according to the Cabinet-level National Development Council Feb. 20.
Taiwan’s landmark Taipei 101 will host the 2nd Towerrunning World Championships May 5, offering elite athletes from home and abroad a challenging course spanning 2,046 stairs to the building’s 91st floor at a vertical height of 390 meters.
Mayor Ko Wen-je unveiled the main lantern—Happy Magical Dogs--for the 2018 Taipei Lantern Festival on February 12. Consisting of three Taiwanese dogs holding hands in a circle, the main lantern is about three-floors-tall (including the pedestal). Each of the canines is painted with unique totems and colors carrying different meanings.
Taichung City Mayor Lin Chia-lung is in Israel to attend the 32nd International Mayors Conference and promote the central Taiwan metropolis, according to Taichung City Government Feb. 12.
Taiwan’s machinery exports climbed 21.1 percent year on year to an all-time-high of US$25.6 billion in 2017, according to the latest statistics by the Ministry of Finance and Taiwan Machine Tool and Accessory Builders Association (TMBA).
