Taiwan News
Taiwan plans 37 new hotel developments
Following a record number of visitors during 2009, the Taiwan Tourism Bureau has approved 37 new hotel investment projects on the island. The building of these new facilities, including large international tourist hotels, business properties and boutique hotels, will increase the number of guestrooms in Taiwan by more than 10,000.
Taiwan - The alternative stop-over destination
The recent historic launch of the first non-stop China Airlines flights from Taiwan to the United Kingdom allows the island to become a new stopover for UK travellers, with connecting flights to destinations such as Bali and Sydney.
China opens first Taiwan tourist office
In a landmark development signalling improved relations between the two former rivals, China will today open its first semi-official tourist office in Taiwan. The move is reciprocal, following the opening of a Chinese Cross-Strait Tourism Exchange Association office in Taipei earlier this week.
Taiwan high-speed rail refinancing agreed
When it opened in May 2007, the Taipei - Kaohsiung route was hailed as ‘the world’s first privately-funded high speed line’, but Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp has been finding times tough.