Taiwan Travel News

Taipei, May 24 Taiwan's Tourism Bureau said Friday that the number of Chinese visitors to Taiwan between May 1-23 dropped by 25.6 percent from last year as a newly launched tour promotion program has failed to attract more mainland visitors.

Los Angeles, May 22 Taiwan's Tourism Bureau launched a campaign in Hawaii Wednesday to promote the country's summer landscape, particularly around the Tropic of Cancer, which bisects the island.

SPEAKING FREELY New spark in the South China Sea By Julius Cesar I Trajano Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say.

Time Taiwan joined global air-safety body By David Brown It's time for Taiwan's exclusion from the International Civil Aviation Organization to end.

Radio Taiwan International held its ninth annual Mandarin Speech Contest for Foreign Nationals' finale in Taipei yesterday, with Cleisha-Bernise Springer, an exchange student from Saint Lucia, taking away two prizes including overall champion.

The Philippine envoy to Taiwan is advising thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets as emotions run high on the island over the shooting death of a fisherman by the Philippine coast guard.

A portmanteau project designed to help propel young Taiwanese film talent onto the world stage, Taipei Factory is bookending the Directors' Fortnight program in Cannes this year.

In this photo taken on April 22, 2013, new recruits practice charging with bayonets at a military training center in Hsinchu County, northern Taiwan.

Dr. Matthew Liao-Troth, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs and Dr.

In this March 22, 2013 photo, a recruitment officer teaches a new soldier how to handle applicants at a recruitment center in Taipei, Taiwan.

A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: Not enough volunteers.

Illusionist Kevin Spencer believes that magic can be therapeutic, especially with sick children, because tricks give them something in their lives they can control.

Hobbies: Gardening in the Columbus City Garden, watching TV, especially dramas and sci-fi such as "NCIS" and "Stargate" and sports, including college football and professional basketball.

Taiwanese actress Ivy Chen and South Korean actor Jo Jung-suk on Saturday touted travel to Taiwan to about 100 fans from the two countries under a Tourism Bureau promotion campaign.

Taipei, May 11 Premier Jiang Yi-huah said Saturday that whether or not Taiwan's government should allow the Taiwan dollar to depreciate to boost exports, as some industries are suggesting, is a matter that involves taking into consideration what's good for the overall economy.

Jaden Tan is all smiles after removing the sheath of the Chau Kao bamboo shoot that he harvested from his Long Yun Leisure Farm high up in the mountain of Alishan in Tainan, Taiwan.

Taipei, May 10 The Indonesian island of Bali is the most popular tourist destination among single men and women in Taiwan, according to a list of the most-searched travel spots compiled by Yahoo! Taiwan and released Friday.

China Airlines, EVA Air, and TransAsia Airways yesterday announced that they will open nine new direct routes between Taiwan and China in June ahead of the summer tourist season.

"America is the greatest country in the world with one of the worst health insurance schemes in the world." This sentiment is echoed by many Taiwanese nationals and articulated by Andrew Lin, a Taiwanese-American who currently resides in Taiwan.

Taipei, May 8 The Tourism Bureau launched a tourism campaign Wednesday featuring the five city gates that used to define the limits of old Taipei City, in a bid to attract foreign tourists with the city's historic ambiance.