Articles tagged “taiwan”

China Is Using Tourism to Taiwan as a Diplomatic Weapon

Brenda Goh and Muyu Xu, Reuters

Travel is always a political act. It's just that sometimes it's much more apparent than others.

Chinese Tourists Avoid Taiwan as Political Tensions Rise

Faith Hung, Reuters

Tourism boards hate playing politics, but when situations get extreme the smart ones speak out about what's in their best interest.

Chinese Tourists Are Staying Away From Taiwan Because Both Countries Are Playing Politics

Adela Lin, Bloomberg

With Taiwan being a convenient destination for Chinese travelers--the world's largest outbound market--to get to, it seems like a lose-lose for both countries as they continue to be at odds.

Taiwan Tourism Turns to YouTube Contest for New Campaign

The China Post/ANN

This has all the markings -- QR codes, user-generated content, YouTube -- of a campaign that's more hype that effect, but we're happy to see them try.

Hawaiian Airlines Ends Service to Taipei, Cuts Flights to Seoul

Dave Segal, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser

There's definitely interest in Hawaii in Japan, China, and Korea, but Hawaiian Airlines hasn't caught on as the carrier of choice -- and higher hotel prices aren't helping things, either.

Taiwan Lifts Daily Limit on Individual Mainland Chinese Tourists

China Post

One reason for the limit is the risk of tourists overstaying their visas to work illegally in Taiwan, but the economic benefits of more visitors is starting to outweigh the risk leading to the increase in the daily limit.

China Airlines and Tiger Airways Are Launching a Budget Airline in Taiwan

David Fickling, Bloomberg

Airline competition in Asia is really heating up in the low cost carrier sector, and obviously some of these new entrants are not going to make it over the long term.

Taiwan Doesn’t Like That Apple Maps Puts it in China

Julian Ryall, The Daily Telegraph

Add "spark international incident" to the long list of Apple Maps' woes.

Most Powerful Typhoon of 2013 Heads For Hong Kong, Disrupts Flights

Associated Press

Taiwan offers free Wi-Fi to all foreign tourists

Rafat Ali, Skift

Taiwan’s move is great for tourists and should set a precedent for other countries looking to attract visitors. Look to other countries rolling out Wi-Fi service that enables visitors to check email or get basic information about the destination in their own language.

Taiwan ramps up its tourism efforts, starting in Thailand

Chadamas Chinmaneevong, The Bangkok Post

It’s not just Western countries looking to benefit from the blooming Asian market, and Taiwan is smart to focus its efforts with competition abound.

Taiwan tourism promotes its performance in Life Of Pi to attract the film’s fans

Taiwan is never mentioned as the setting of the film so it’ll need to push itself as the true source of scenery to see a tourism boost, much like New Zealand made itself synonymous with Middle-Earth.