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Tourism in Taiwan

"Taiwan is a loaded word. Just say it and images of traffic jams, crowded streets and churning factories pour forth unbidden, like evil genies from a bottle. Clearly, the island has an image problem" (Hannon, 2001, 32). In that analysis of tourism problems in Taiwan, Hannon proves that the sites that attract visitors are hard to get to, while the ones that are easiest to get to have little or no appeal.

Most visitors land at utilitarian Chiang Kai-shek International Airport and drive to Taipei, where they spend a few days in the city's perpetual gray haze. But Taipei and the industrial west coast are only a small part of Taiwan. The rest of the island is covered with remote, forested mountains, which are laced with hundreds of hiking trails. Taiwan is home to the highest mountain in east Asia. . . (Hannon, 2001, 33).

Due to continued reduction in export sales, Taiwan's economy in the 2000-2005 period is expected to only grow by about 4.5 percent, lower than the previous target of 6.04 percent. In 2001, Taiwanese citizens took more than 6.5 million overseas trips, a 10.98 percent increase from the previous year. The money spent abroad reached about USD 7.4 billion, a slight increase of 0.91 percent over 2000. Sightseeing trips consisted of a large percentage of the visits.

Opposed to this, world citizens coming into Taiwan during the same period numbered 3.11 million, which is a considerable net loss. Interest in Taiwanese tourism among Taiwan travel industry professionals and tourists remains strong. The biggest trade event for tourism, the Taipei International Travel Fair, is held yearly in Taiwan. This outstanding event, which usually attracts approximately 100,000 visitors, is an excellent promotional vehicle for Taiwan.

This paper will be divided into several primary sections. A) Who Comes to Taiwan? B) Where do they Stay? C) Do they ever come back?

One official in the American Institute in Taiwan, an a...

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Tourism in Taiwan. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 06:16, March 29, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1693713.html