TAIPEI, Taiwan--(Business Wire)--
Taiwan Tourism Bureau welcomed its first millionth visitor to Taiwan at Taoyuan
International Airport Terminal 2 on April 3, 2009! The lucky visitor arrived
from Malaysia, and is in Taiwan on incentive tour with her company Cheerful
Marketing. Here on a seven-day tour, she arrives in Taiwan during our Tung
Blossoms season, and in order to promote Taiwan Hakka culture, the Taiwan
Tourism Bureau has specially arranged for Hakka-themed performances and gifts to
be given.
According to statistics from the National Immigration Agency, as of March 2009,
Taiwan has seen a 1.5% increase in foreign arrivals. This year`s first millionth
visitor has arrived two days earlier than expected. To celebrate this event,
Taiwan Tourism Bureau will hold a welcome press conference at Taoyuan
International Airport Terminal 2 on April 3, 2009. Taiwan Tourism Bureau Deputy
Director-General Hsieh will be at hand to preside over the event and present the
special gifts. The lucky millionth visitor will receive a specially designed E.
Sun Bank credit card worth NT$100,000 spending money, famous Taiwanese snacks,
and "Tour Taiwan Years, Four Seasons Giveaway" Season One gifts.
Despite the current struggling world economy, the Taiwan Tourism Bureau has
continuously promoted its Tour Taiwan Years campaign products in an effort to
attract more tourists to Taiwan. Beginning this month, the Taiwan Tourism Bureau
will organize a series of special events including Acupoint Massage, Proposing
at the Observatory of Taipei 101, Travel Experts Touring Taiwan, Cycling in
Taiwan and much more, all of which incorporate tourism products such as medical
tourism, wedding photography tours, cuisine tours and sports travel, to offer
high quality tourism products for foreign visitors.
In addition to this, the Taiwan Tourism Bureau is also actively reaching out to
new markets such as Southeast Asia and India, and at the same time, is working
closely with Japanese tour operators in increasing the number of Japanese
tourists coming to Taiwan. With all these campaigns and partnerships in place,
the Taiwan Tourism Bureau is aiming to successfully achieve its goal of
welcoming 4 million visitors to Taiwan this year.
for Taiwan Tourism Bureau
CHIH KUEI LIU, 886-2-23491625
sqliou@tbroc.gov.tw
Copyright Business Wire 2009
