Kaohsiung

The Agriculture Bureau of the Kaohsiung City Government is continuously promoting rural experience activities.

Roll up, roll up! Vietnamese low cost carrier (LCC) Vietjet is celebrating two new routes by releasing tickets for one million flights for free.

Taiwan will expand its value-added tax (VAT) refund service for international travellers next month. The Taiwan News reported the country’s Finance Ministry as saying that, effective 1 September 2017, international visitors who have purchased more than TW$1,800 (US$60) at any designated “Tax Refund Shopping” store in Taiwan will be able to claim a VAT refund […]

Taiwan’s cruise industry continues to experienced strong growth, with double-digit rises in terms of ship and passenger visits in 2017. According to figures released by Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation & Communications, reported by the Taiwan News, the island welcomed 404 cruise ships carrying 582,000 passengers in the first seven months of the year, which marks […]

China Airlines has become the latest Asian airline to unveil a cartoon-themed aircraft livery. The Taiwanese national carrier revealed its “Buddy Bears” paintwork, which will feature on a Boeing 737 aircraft operating between Taiwan and Japan. The livery will include three bears: Taiwan’s OhBear and Hero, and Japan’s Kumamon. This continues the recent trend of […]

Taiwan’s second largest city, Kaohsiung, is hoping to receive more cruise ships and passengers in future, as a means of boosting its tourism industry. Taiwan News reported a senior city tourism official, Tseng Tzu-wen, as saying that Kaohsiung is expecting to see a rebound in the number of cruise ship visits it receives in 2017, […]

The national carriers of Japan and Taiwan will start codesharing on all every flight they operate between the two countries. Effective 21 February 2017, the partnership between Japan Airlines (JAL) and China Airlines (CAL) will be expanded from 28 to 240 flights a week. New codeshare routes will connect Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport with 13 […]