★
Taiwan |
Taiwan's tourism
& travel |
ranks
10+th
in Asia |
★★
DW,
2022-5-20:
Taiwan's tourism industry in crisis
(Taiwan
'is not ready to face an outbreak at
this level)
dw.com/en/is-taiwan-learning-to-live-with-covid/a-61878438
★★
New York Times, 2022-5-9:
The island
risks losing out on tourism and
investment by staying closed.
Taiwan is now moving from Zero Covid.
Restaurants,
bars and gyms that were once packed are
now noticeably quieter...fear of
outbreaks is not uncommon
nytimes.com/2022/05/09/world/asia/taiwan-china-covid.html
★★
CDC (USA), 2022-5-18:
Taiwan travel
Level 3 -
Even if you are up
to date with
your COVID-19 vaccines, you may still be
at risk for getting and spreading
COVID-19, Anyone
2 years or older should properly wear a well-fitting
mask in
indoor public spaces
(wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/covid-3/coronavirus-taiwan)
★★
New York Times, 2022-3-5:
Since Tuesday, people in Taiwan have no
longer been required to wear masks in settings where they were
previously mandatory, both indoors and outdoors: exercising,
taking selfies and group photos, driving with household members,
in spas and in video broadcasts, speeches and lectures...
Taiwan's record (20,717 cases and 853 deaths ) is low by the
standards of the hardest-hit
countries.
nytimes.com/live/2022/03/05/world/covid-19-tests-cases-vaccine
★★
aljazeera, 2022-4-14:
Taiwan's
COVID-hit tourism stews as island shuns
global reopening.
Taiwan is a rare holdout in Asia that
remains closed to tourists and still
mandates quarantine for arrivals.
aljazeera.com/economy/2022/4/14/for-taiwan-tourism-frustration-as-island-misses-global-reopening
★★《BBC》,
2021-12-15:
Until the 1990s,
hiking in Taiwan was seen as more of a fringe sport, since large swaths
of the mountains were off-limits during the country's 38-year-period of
martial law, which ended in 1987. As the island embraced democracy in
the 1990s, the mountains were opened to the public and hiking became
more widespread.
Can Taiwan become Asia's next great hiking
destination?
bbc.com/travel/article/20211213-can-taiwan-become-asias-next-great-hiking-destination
★★《Yahoo
Taiwan》,
2021-11-23: all opposition parties blast the government not fulfilling its
promise to patch the loophole of social security network.
《Next
TV news 壹新聞》,
2021-11-23, 12:11: a big loophole in our social security net.
★
Taiwan's travel & tourism -
13th in
Asia
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STATISTA: Leading
countries in the
Travel
& Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI)
Published by Statista Research Department, Feb
4, 2021
statista.com/statistics/186639/best-ranked-countries-in-the-travel-and-tourism-competetiveness-index/
|
Asia Rank |
country |
score |
world Rank |
1 |
Japan |
5.4 |
4 |
2 |
Australia |
5.1 |
7 |
3 |
China |
4.9 |
13 |
4 |
Korea Rep. |
4.8 |
15 |
5 |
Hong Kong |
4.8 |
16 |
6 |
Singapore |
4.8 |
17 |
7 |
New Zealand |
4.7 |
18 |
8 |
Malaysia |
4.5 |
25 |
9 |
Thailand |
4.5 |
29 |
10 |
UAE |
4.4 |
33 |
11 |
India |
4.4 |
34 |
12 |
Indonesia |
4.3 |
36 |
13 |
Taiwan |
4.3 |
37 |
★★
2021
Michelin stars
comparisons among Asian countries |
Michelin cities |
number of 3 stars |
num. of 2 stars |
number of 1 star |
total num. |
Tokyo (Japan)
|
12 |
42 |
158 |
212 |
Hong Kong |
10 |
18 |
59 |
87 |
Kyoto (Japan) |
7 |
19 |
84 |
110 |
Osaka (Japan) |
3 |
12 |
81 |
96 |
Singapore |
3 |
5 |
41 |
49 |
Seoul (Korea) |
2 |
7 |
34 |
43 |
Shanghai (China)
|
1 |
10 |
32 |
43 |
Taipei (Taiwan) |
1 |
7 |
21 |
29 |
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Taiwan's
travel & tourism
-
10th
in Asia
category |
Taiwan's rankings and/or score |
comparison |
prioritization of travel and
tourism |
No75 |
Singapore No.6 , Hong Kong
No. 11 |
Natural & cultural resources
|
No.58 score 2.6 |
China No.1, score 6.0 ,
France No.2, 5.0,
Spain No.3, 5.7, Japan
No.7, 5.3, Indonesia No.18,
Thailand No.21, Korea No.24,
Vietnam No.26, Malaysia No.31,
HK No.40, Philippines No.46,
Sri Lanka No.52, Nepal No.56 |
Natural resources
|
No. 87 |
Hong Kong No. 42, Singapore
No.120
|
cultural resources & business
travel |
No. 36 score 2.6 |
China No1, score 7.0 |
price competitiveness |
No. 78 |
China 5.7 |
Health & Hygiene |
No.43, score 6 |
score worse than Korea, Japan,
Mongolia |
international openness
|
No. 60 |
only better than China, Mongolia |
Safety & security |
No. 26 |
human resource & labor market:
Taiwan No.18 |
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Taiwan's tourism & travel vs.
CovID-19
|
◆
Diplomat, 2022-2-3:Taiwan, is bucking the trend
and is one of the few places still
sticking with its zero-COVID strategy.thediplomat.com/2022/02/how-long-will-taiwan-stick-to-its-zero-covid-approach/
◆
The Guardian, 2021-11-8:
Cost
of Taiwan’s pursuit of Covid zero starts to show
In 2019 there were more than 29 million international arrivals in
Taiwan. In 2020, during the height of the pandemic and prior to
vaccines, the figure dropped to 3.9 million. So far this year there
have been just 335,000.“Taiwan
sacrificed international collaboration in commerce and exchange.”despite
the toll on tourism, trade and lifestyle there is no plan to
reopen
theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/08/how-long-can-you-maintain-it-cost-of-taiwans-pursuit-of-covid-zero-starts-to-show |
◆
New York Times, 2021-10-29:
China is now the only
country still chasing full eradication.
The
approach is unsustainable. China may find itself increasingly
isolated, diplomatically and economically, at a time when global
public opinion is hardening against it.
◆
Economist, 2021-10-9 :
Asian countries are
abandoning
zero-covid strategies.
Despite the risks, they are right to do so.
Yet those with a good first act in the pandemic are struggling in the second.
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aljazeera,
2021-11-26: Taiwan continues to pursue an isolationist "zero
CovID-19" policy. Taiwan's border restrictions remain some
of the strictest in the world.
◆
aljazeera, 2021-11-17 (brief):
Asia's cautious
stance is increasingly at odds with Europe and North America; mainland
China, Taiwan and Hong Kong sink deeper into isolation under a
strict “zero COVID” policy, even Japan, South Korea, Australia,
Singapore and Malaysia are following a middle path under which
non-essential travel remains tightly restricted.
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