Tourism in Taiwan

[1] To encourage more tourists, selected participants from Canada, the United States, Japan, Slovakia, France, the Netherlands, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, India, and Israel were invited in 2023 to promote Taiwan on their social media pages.

[1] Tourism in Taiwan is limited to business, pleasure, visiting relatives, conferences, study, exhibitions, medical treatment and others.

[7] There has been a surge in tourism numbers noticeably around election time in Taiwan, especially tourists from China.

[9] Therefore, the Chinese government has reduced the number of travel visas issued to its citizens to visit Taiwan.

[10] In 2015, 87% of Taiwanese had domestic travel for their tourism activities, in which the Kenting National Park became their most favorite destination.

Chinese tourists in Taiwan
Share of visitors to Taiwan by residence in 2017
A 1942 tourist travel map of Taiwan, with outlines of railroads in black.