Singaporeans

Last year, an unprecedented 3.37 million foreign tourists visited Taiwan, marking growth of 14 percent year-on-year and moving a step closer toward the government%26#39;s goal of luring 5 million visitors by 2008.

All major markets in the region reported marked growth in tourism, with the biggest increase from Singapore, at 42.17 percent

Way to go Singaporean!!!!!

Keep on trucking!!!

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Singaporeans

You%26#39;re No. 1, way to go, guys!!:-D

Singaporeans

Hmm......

I thk budget carriers flying into taipei really helps to bring the cost of air travel down. Just a year ago, i would never imagine myself coming to taiwan until the arrival of budget carriers that makes travelling more affordable.

Looking at the many forumers taking Jetstar Asia into Taipei proves that many are lured because of the affordable price. And not to forget the famous naruwan advertisements from the Taiwan Tourism Authority helps.

And yes, i will keep coming in future :)

roy ng

I guess not jus those budget carries but oso those Taiwanese ';Idol'; dramas. I am not a drama craze n I never tout of visiting Taiwan too until I watched THE ROSE... smitten by the beauty of Taiwan esp Kenting. Though I din manage to visit Kenting during my first trip to Taiwan in 2004, I will for my next trip:)

Taiwan is real big and will take one many many days or even month (for extensive travel) to really complete the whole of Taiwan...

Hopefully more pple will visit other places of Taiwan too, not only Taipei;)

haha...yup i agree with rainyh......taiwan is more than just taipei! there r just too many other beautiful places....esp further south....eg: alishan,yushan,kenting etc.....

I will going to taiwan for the 3rd time in march this year.

Well, I been to those more well-known spots in taipei. Like sun-moon Lake, ken ting, kao xiong, yun lin and etc... but if u choose to go these places, u have to keep moving to other locations cause it can be normally done in a full day.

Where as taipei, is a gd starting place for first timers to go to. Since it is very accesible by trains and buses. Cant said much for the rest of the citys.

Wah... williee, u have been to so many diff part of Taiwan;)

I have to agree that transportation at Taipei is really good, except the last bus is quite early. But I m v impressed by their ';keep right'; policy. They really keep right be it peak or off-peak hour. That%26#39;s something which Singaporeans are still learning.

Anyway, TW is constructing their gao tie (equivalent to Jap%26#39;s bullet train) that will speed up travelling;) n Kaohsiung is also constructing their MRT...

By then, I guess more n more tourists will flood TW;)

But even though I been there, it more of a business trip rather than on holidays. So didnt stay long at each locations.

Except for kaohsiuang and kenting, which I really enjoy.

Ken ting, the beach is really good compared to our sentosa. Totally different. At least the scenry is way better rather than see ships.

Williee, I didn%26#39;t know what Singaporeans would think of Kenting, since you have your Sentosa----but from your comment, it seems that Kenting is quite different!

Well, in sentosa, for the beach areas, all u can do is sunbath, play volleyball and a little bit more.

Whereas in kending, u got the water sports. Love taking the banana ride. Always end up in the water. hahaha.

Scenery wise, our beach areas normally got those big ships docking at the seas so once in while, u get to hear those ships blowing their horns. So its a minus pt for that.

Calicocat

A lot of the ';Play'; areas is Man made include the Swimming lagoon . It is not really natural. They also have a theme park and an Underwater World there.

Actually I prefer to go to East Coast Park area for a swim in the sea. When I used to live in Singapore we would do to Punggol, or off Jurong to fish overnight Friday to Sunday Morning. Changi used to get too crowded. Singapore used to have some nice beaches but lost a lot to Development and now a lot of places are created for ';Play'; but these places lack ambience.

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