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Taipei is a great place to travel with young children/teens. The attractions, even historic ones, are very engaging and there are lots of great restaurants and markets.

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Food plays a major role in Taiwanese culture, and the small island's overwhelming number of delicious eats means that Taiwan is quickly cementing itself as one of the world's best destinations for food lovers.

Taiwan really is a gem to visit. It is small and very easy to travel from one end of the island to the other. I don't speak Mandarin, but very rarely do I have problems communicating. The people are lovely and friendly and food is relatively cheap and very good quality.

What is the best way to get there?

Taiwan’s main airport is Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), located around 45 minutes west of Taipei, in Taoyuan county.

The best and most economical way to get to Taipei from Taoyuan airport is by bus. There are many airport buses that take you to Taipei Main Station, with drop off points along the route at major hotels and MRT (metro) stations.

Alternatively, if there is heavy traffic, take the U-Bus to Taoyuan High Speed Rail station (about 20 minutes) and board a High Speed Train to the city. Choose to alight and switch to the MRT at either "Banqiao" or "Taipei" HSR Station.

Unless you are arriving very late at night, or have a lot of luggage, there is no real reason to catch a taxi. A taxi from the airport to the city center will be around NT$1,200, depending on traffic.

For more information about getting to Taipei, see  here .

Do I need a visa?

Most short term visits to Taiwan do not require a visa. Check the full list of countries that qualify for visa exemption on the Taiwanese  government website .

When is the best time to visit?

Fall (September to November): Taipei is a subtropical climate, so you will not experience four distinct seasons. The best time to visit is during the fall, when the weather is a little cooler, and rainfall is at its lowest.

Find out more about weather in Taipei,  see here .

train and bus

Metro Taipei is the city’s train system. Standard prepaid Metro Easycards cost NT$500, inclusive of a NT$100 refundable deposit and NT$400 stored value, which is more than sufficient for a week-long stay. The Easycard can also be used on most buses and helps you save up to 20% of single trip fares.

Taxis are readily available in Taipei, although it is a more expensive option than riding the bus or train.

On the ground

What is the timezone.

Taipei Standard Time (GMT+8).

What are the voltage/plug types?

The standard voltage in Taiwan is 110V and the standard frequency is 60Hz. Wall outlets typically accommodate plugs with two flat parallel pins.

What is the currency?

New Taiwan dollar (NTD).

Are ATMs readily accessible?

Are credit cards widely accepted, is it easy to find a bank, how much do i tip.

Except for bellhops and service personnel in international hotels, tipping in Taiwan is generally not expected.

For more information about tipping and etiquette in Taiwan, see here .

Are there local customs I should know?

Never stand your chopsticks up in your rice bowl — it is seen as food left for the dead, which is usually done at funerals. When beckoning someone over, such as a waiter, face your palm downward and make small sweeping motions toward yourself — not palm up like in western countries, which is considered rude in Taiwanese culture. Tapping your thumbs on the table is also seen as a compliment when eating.

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Thank you in Chinese sounds like zjay zjay (Xie xie). For more information about local customs and etiquette in Taiwan, see here .

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Sun Moon Lake, located in central Taiwan’s Nantou County, has been one of the island’s top tourist draws for many decades. The lake is surrounded by high mountains of the Central Mountain Range and is enchantingly beautiful whichever season you decide to come for a visit. Apart from just lazily taking in the lake-and-mountain scenery – from the comfort of your room balcony if you stay in one of the lakeside hotels – there is also much active fun to enjoy, first and foremost going on a round-the-lake bicycle jaunt. Much of the roughly 30km route, often named as one of the prettiest in the world, consists of dedicated bikeway sections, often very close to – and sometimes even above – the water. The newest section, opened last September, is a 600m stretch at the village of Ita Thao on the east side of the lake, which now makes riding from the Ita Thao Wharf to the Sun Moon Lake Ropeway Station even more convenient.

Keelung Buys Duck Boats

The city of Keelung, to the east of Taipei, is dominated by its port, and not surprisingly this is an asset worth promoting as a tourist attraction. Witnessing how port cities around the world, including Yokohama, Singapore, and Boston, have successfully employed amphibious vehicles (“duck boats”) for harbor cruises, the Keelung City Government has decided to purchase two such boats from Japan to put into service this year. The exact date when and the location where the boats will start operating has yet to be announced.

New Tainan City Museum

This year, Tainan City celebrates its 4th centennial. If you want to find out more about how the city developed over those 400 years, there might be no better place than the new Tainan City Museum (formerly the Koxinga Museum; reopened under a new name in December 2023 after nearly three years of renovations). The museum houses around 5,500 artifacts spanning from prehistoric to modern times. Also part of creating the Tainan City Museum has been the integration of three other cultural sites, the Tainan City Zuojhen Fossil Park in Zuozhen District, Tainan Shan-Shang Garden in Shanshang District, and Tapani Incident Memorial Park in Yujing District.

Keelung Lighthouse

Earlier this year, the Keelung Lighthouse became the 22nd lighthouse in Taiwan to be opened for visitors. Taiwan has a total of 36 lighthouses, 19 on the main island and 17 on offshore islands. The Keelung Lighthouse, located west of the entrance to the Port of Keelung on Taiwan’s Northeast Coast, was built in 1962 and has a height of 11 meters. At the site, you’ll find bilingual information boards introducing you to the tower’s history, and you’ll enjoy great views over the port’s mouth, Keelung Islet to the northeast, and Baimiweng Fort to the west (the fort is easily reached from the lighthouse by a hiking trail via Baimiweng Peak). To get to the lighthouse, take Keelung bus No. 301 from Keelung Railway Station to the Taibai Village bus stop and walk uphill from there.

New AI Translation Service at Visitor Centers

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being implemented in all facets of life these days, including tourism. The Taiwan Tourism Administration recently unveiled a new service for foreign tourists. First installed on a trial basis at visitor centers inside Taipei Songshan Airport and at the Yehliu Geopark on the North Coast, the system facilitates communication between tourists and info center staff. Both sides simply need to talk into a microphone using their own language and then see the translation in the respective other language appear on a screen. Initially available for English, Japanese, and Korean, translating into and from Chinese, the system is said to be comparable to a seasoned interpreter with three years of experience.

New Penghu Ferry

The fastest way of getting to the islands of the Penghu archipelago from the Taiwan mainland is flying from Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, or Kaohsiung (less than an hour flight time for each route). A slower way is taking a ferry, either from the town of Budai in Chiayi County or from Kaohsiung Port (about four hours one way). If you opt for the latter route, starting this August you will enjoy the trip on a brand-new vessel, the Penghu Ferry. The new ferry has replaced the Taihua Ferry, which served on the route for more than 30 years.

Qingshui Geothermal Education Center in Yilan

Located in Yilan County’s Datong Township on the left bank of the Qingshui River (a tributary of the Lanyang River), the Qingshui Geothermal Park is a popular day-trip destination in this part of Taiwan. After an experimental geothermal power plant was established there in 1977, local residents and then tourists started to visit the site and make use of nearby hot-water pools (up to 95 degrees Celsius) close to the river for cooking eggs and vegetables and soaking their feet. To make a visit to the site safer, the government created the Qingshui Geothermal Park in 2010, the facilities of which have been upgraded and expanded several times in recent years (including the addition of foot-soak pools, cooking pools, and a bathhouse). The latest addition is the Qingshui Geothermal Education Center (opened this January), which includes a geothermal exploration hall and a generator control room. The small center allows visitors to learn about geothermal power generation, including introductions to related machinery and local geology.

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Tourism administration reveals new travel slogan, global: the slogan would be advertised in popular tourist destinations in north america and europe, such as champs-elysees and times square, the agency said.

• By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter

“Taiwan: Waves of Wonder” is to be the country’s new tourism slogan for the next 10 years, the Tourism Administration said yesterday, adding that it would be showcased in commercials at the Olympic Games in Paris and other major cities and travel fairs around the world.

The new slogan, logo and theme song, which were unveiled at a news conference in Taipei, marked the agency’s latest effort to attract 10 million international visitors to Taiwan this year, a goal that it readjusted earlier this year, as China has yet to lift its travel ban to Taiwan.

The administration created the “Taiwan: Touch Your Heart” slogan in 2001 and rebranded to “Taiwan: the Heart of Asia” in 2011.

Executive Yuan Deputy Secretary-General Lee Guo-shin, center, Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Kuo-hsien, second left, and Tourism Administration Director-General Chou Yung-hui, second right, pose during a news conference in Taipei yesterday.

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The new slogan was created to market Taiwan as a travel destination in the post-COVID-19 era, administration Director-General Chou Yung-hui (周永暉) said.

“Taiwan is a diverse and beautiful place, and would surely bring waves of wonder to tourists with its mountains and seas,” he said. “The slogan is to be publicized in major cities and travel fairs around the world, and we will work with local tourism officials in Taiwan to promote tours in different regions around the nation.”

The administration aims to use the slogan to promote tours to Taiwan by showcasing it on the Champs-Elysees in Paris during the Summer Olympic Games, Chou said.

The slogan would also be advertised at other popular tourist destinations and transport hubs in North America and Europe, including Times Square in New York and train stations in Frankfurt, Germany, he said.

Ads containing the slogan would be broadcast in Osaka, Japan, when the city hosts the World Expo next year, as well as in Southeast Asian nations, Chou said.

The administration also plans to increase the budget for the next fiscal year by nearly NT$200 million (US$6.18 million) to boost tourism marketing efforts, he added.

The new tourism logo was designed by Bito Studio founder and creative director Liu Keng-ming (劉耕名), who received the Presidential Innovation Award last month.

The design was inspired by the sea, rolling mountains, meandering highways and railways that people see when they travel around Taiwan. Like the previous two logos, the new one is orange to convey the warmth and vitality of Taiwanese.

The new theme song was created by Chris Hou (侯志堅), who has won Golden Melody, Golden Horse and Golden Bell awards for the music he has produced for singers, movies and TV series.

In other news, the administration defended its use of Weibo, WeChat and Xiaohongshu (小紅書, Little Red Book) to promote tours to Taiwan in China, saying that it must be done, because Beijing has been blocking people from accessing Facebook, Instagram and other US-based social media.

Its use of Chinese social media was yesterday scrutinized by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers, who asked why the Democratic Progressive Party government paid a huge sum to promote tours on Chinese platforms they deem a threat to national security.

The administration said it has been promoting tours on its Sina Weibo and WeChat accounts since 2011 and 2014 respectively, and plans to open a Xiaohongshu account this year.

“Countries seeking to attract young travelers from China, such as Japan, South Korea and Thailand, all have accounts on popular Chinese social media,” it said. “The content that we put on these platforms are travel destinations in Taiwan and special offers that are available for travelers, and have nothing to do with politics.”

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Taiwan launches website to gift 500,000 tourists stored-value smartcards, hotel vouchers from May 1

In a bid to restore the flow of foreign visitors to its shores, Taiwan will in May offer digital smartcards stored with NT$5,000 (S$218) or vouchers of the same value for hotel stays to offset some travellers’ expenses.

The Taiwan Tourism Bureau’s Singapore office said on Monday that 500,000 foreign visitors will receive the vouchers or cards through a lucky draw system when they enter Taiwan at any of the four participating airports on the island starting from noon on May 1.

Tourists will have to pre-register for the draw at least one day before they arrive at either the Taoyuan or Songshan airports that serve capital Taipei, or the Taichung and Kaohsiung international airports.

According to a tourism bureau official, tourists intending to participate will receive a designated QR code after they register at 5000.taiwan.net.tw , which went live on Friday.

The QR code will serve as their lucky draw coupon, which travellers will have to scan at the airport’s arrival hall to find out if they are one of 500,000 winners.

Prize winners can then choose to receive either vouchers to offset some of their accommodation costs or a smartcard, both valued at NT$5,000.

Those who opt for the vouchers, which come in denominations of NT$1,000, can use them at more than 450 participating hotels islandwide.

The smartcards will be variants of Taiwan’s EasyCard (you you ka in Mandarin) or iPass (yi ka tong), the equivalents of Singapore’s ez-link card, that travellers can use for public transport, shopping and dining.

A spokesman for the tourism bureau said 250,000 vouchers have been allocated for 2023, leaving 150,000 more to be won in 2024 and the remaining 100,000 for 2025. The promotion will end by June 30, 2025, or when the last voucher has been given out that year.

Visitors on cruises and agency-arranged tours are not eligible for these vouchers.

Local and foreign tour agencies, however, will be able to access subsidies up to NT$50,000 (S$2,180) provided by the tourism bureau when they bring groups who stay for at least two nights in Taiwan.

Tour agency CTC Travel said in response to queries from The Straits Times on Wednesday it was looking into giving “perks” to travellers booking a Taiwan tour in the form of discounts and travel insurance, but was waiting for more concrete details on implementation from the tourism bureau.

The tourism financial incentives were approved on March 24 as part of the government’s NT$380 billion post-pandemic economic recovery package, said Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications on April 18.

The island ushered in the first wave of revenge travellers after its post-pandemic border opening in October 2022.

Taiwan is looking to attract up to six million foreign visitors in 2023, the tourism bureau’s deputy director-general Trust Lin said in March, adding that an estimated one million visitors had arrived in the first three months of the year.

In the three years before the pandemic, Taiwan averaged about 11.2 million overseas visitors a year, but those numbers plummeted to around 1.38 million in 2020, 141,000 in 2021 and 895,000 last year, according to The Taipei Times.

Taiwan has been a popular tourist destination for travellers from Singapore, with 460,000 registered visitors to the island in 2019, before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mr Kevin Tay, 32, who spent seven days with his family on the island in December, said Taiwan is always on his list of places to visit.

“If the claim process for the vouchers is simple, I would definitely be swayed by the incentives,” said the businessman, who stayed at a resort in Hsinchu during his last trip.

Mr Joseph Cheng, director of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau’s Singapore office, said on Monday that tourism receipts in 2023 have been encouraging.

“The number of tourists to Taiwan in January and February has exceeded 50 per cent of the same period in 2019, so the overall situation is good,” he told The Straits Times.

He added that the bureau was aiming for around 230,000 visitors from Singapore in 2023, about half of 2019’s numbers.

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Taiwan Introduces Plan to Attract Tourists — by Paying Them

The new incentive program comes as the government aims to draw in six million tourists in 2023 and then 10 million tourists by 2025.

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Taiwan is looking to boost its tourism numbers, and will hand out cash to visitors as an incentive to come.

The island will hand out NT $5,000 (or about $166) to 500,000 individual tourists along with up to NT $20,000 (or about $667) to 90,000 tour groups, CNN reported . The money will be given out digitally after tourists arrive, according to the Taipei Times , and can be used to cover expenses while in Taiwan , including for food or accommodation.

However, travelers looking to plan a trip may want to hold tight since it was not immediately clear when the money would be issued or how to apply for it, according to CNN .

“The money will be given out through multiple tourism promotion events this year, rather than giving it all out at once,” Tourism Bureau Director-General Chang Shi-chung said, according to the Taipei Times . “As such, not all international tourists would receive it.“

The new incentive program comes as the government aims to draw in six million tourists in 2023 and then 10 million tourists by 2025, CNN noted.

Transport Minister Wang Kuo-tsai said the island hopes to use the incentive to bring in visitors from key markets, including Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macao, Europe, and America.

Taiwan welcomes travelers, including from the United States, without the need to test for COVID-19 before their trip, according to the American Institute in Taiwan . The country also dropped quarantine rules in October and eased mask rules in December.

Taiwan isn’t the first destination to pay tourists to visit. In 2021, Malta introduced a scheme to pay tourists to stay in hotels there, and last year, a region in Italy’s northeastern corner chose to cover traveler’s train fare in an effort to promote sustainable travel.

On the other hand, several destinations have introduced plans to collect tourist fees , including Thailand , Venice , and Europe as a whole.

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USA Baseball Reveals 2024 Collegiate National Team Schedule

CARY, N.C. – USA Baseball today revealed the 2024 Collegiate National Team schedule, which is highlighted by the return of the USA vs. Chinese Taipei International Friendship Series and the addition of the Summer League Tour. Team USA and Chinese Taipei will continue a series that began in 1987 and will play a five-game set in the 21st edition of the series at various venues across North Carolina, including Cary, Fayetteville, Greensboro, and Kannapolis.

The Collegiate National Team will also feature an additional 28-man roster that will compete in the Summer League Tour against select teams from the Appalachian League and the Coastal Plain League. The Appalachian League games will take place in Pulaski, Virginia, and Johnson City, Tennessee, while the Coastal Plain League contests will be held in Cary.

“It is always exciting to finalize our schedule as we anticipate another great summer of baseball,” said Eric Campbell , USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team General Manager. “We are looking forward to hosting Chinese Taipei for the second consecutive summer and playing in front of great fans throughout various cities in North Carolina. Additionally, we are excited to host the Coastal Plain League in Cary and to travel to two Appalachian League cities as part of our Summer League Tour.”

The summer schedule will kick off with the annual Stars vs. Stripes series at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary. The series will take place on June 26 and 27, with both games scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. ET. The Stars vs. Stripes series is a product of the Collegiate National Team Training Camp that features 56 of the premier non-draft-eligible collegiate players in the country. The 2024 Collegiate National Team International Friendship Series and Summer League Tour rosters will be named on June 29, following the conclusion of Training Camp.

The 21st USA vs. Chinese Taipei International Friendship Series will begin on June 29 at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville, North Carolina, while game two of the series will take place at the National Training Complex on June 30. The U.S. and Chinese Taipei will again meet at the National Training Complex on July 1 before game four on July 2 at First National Bank Field in Greensboro, North Carolina. The contest will mark the fifth all-time game for Team USA in Greensboro. Then, for the second consecutive summer, the series will return to Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis, North Carolina, on July 3 for the final matchup of the five-game set. All five contests are scheduled to begin at 6:35 p.m. ET.

Following its five-game sweep in 2023, Team USA leads the series with Chinese Taipei 16-0-4 (Overall: 84-13-2). All time, the Collegiate National Team boasts a record of 142-33-2 in North Carolina dating back to 1987, including a 41-15-1 mark at the National Training Complex in Cary.

The Summer League Tour will begin at the National Training Complex with the U.S. against the Coastal Plain League Select Team on June 29 at 5:30 p.m. ET before a rematch the following day at 3:00 p.m. ET. The stars and stripes will then travel to Calfee Park in Pulaski, Virginia, to take on the Appalachian League East Select Team at 7:00 p.m. ET on July 1. The Summer League Tour wraps up with a matchup between Team USA and the Appalachian League West Select Team at 7:00 p.m. ET on July 2 at TVA Credit Union Ballpark in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Following the completion of their respective schedules, the Collegiate National Team Fourth of July Game will be played at 6:35 p.m. ET at Segra Stadium, where both rosters will face off against one another. It marks the second consecutive year that the Collegiate National Team will play in Fayetteville on the Fourth of July, as the U.S. beat Chinese Taipei in walk-off fashion to secure a series sweep last summer at Segra Stadium.

The Collegiate National Team International Friendship Series roster will be led by Alabama State’s José Vázquez in 2024. The three-time Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Coach of the Year served as an assistant coach for Team USA last summer and led Alabama State to an NCAA tournament appearance in 2022. He has over 20 years of college baseball coaching experience since beginning as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Bethune-Cookman, in 2003. Vázquez took over the Hornets’ program in 2017 and has posted a winning record in every season, including a 41-win campaign in 2023.

USA Baseball will announce the full Collegiate National Team staff–including the Summer League Tour manager–and Team USA’s final rosters at a later time. For the most up-to-date information on the Collegiate National Team, including ticket information , visit USABaseball.com and follow @USABaseballCNT and @USABaseball on Twitter/X.

The full 2024 Collegiate National Team schedule is as follows:

(Date; Matchup; Location; Time)

Team USA Stars vs. Stripes Series

June 26; Stripes vs. Stars; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 6:00 p.m. ET June 27; Stars vs. Stripes; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 6:00 p.m. ET

21st USA vs. Chinese Taipei International Friendship Series

June 29; Chinese Taipei vs. USA; Segra Stadium (Fayetteville, N.C.); 6:35 p.m. ET June 30; USA vs. Chinese Taipei; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 6:35 p.m. ET July 1; Chinese Taipei vs. USA; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 6:35 p.m. ET July 2; USA vs. Chinese Taipei; First National Bank Field (Greensboro, N.C.); 6:35 p.m. ET July 3; Chinese Taipei vs. USA; Atrium Health Ballpark (Kannapolis, N.C.); 6:35 p.m. ET

USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Summer League Tour

June 29; Coastal Plain League Select vs. USA; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 5:30 p.m. ET June 30; USA vs. Coastal Plain League Select; National Training Complex (Cary, N.C.); 3:00 p.m. ET July 1; USA vs. Appalachian League East Select; Calfee Park (Pulaski, Va.); 7:00 p.m. ET July 2; USA vs. Appalachian League West Select; TVA Credit Union Ballpark (Johnson City, Tenn.); 7:00 p.m. ET

USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Fourth of July Game

July 4; Segra Stadium (Fayetteville, N.C.); 6:35 p.m. ET

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