Taiwan Tourism Directorate General Establishes Taiwan Tourism Information Center in Jakarta and Presents Popular Boba Milk Tea at Astindo Travel Fair, Attracting Tourists with Culinary

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Jakarta, IO – Seeing Taiwan’s tourism potential which has increased in previous years, on 28 February 2024, the Directorate General of Tourism of the Ministry of Transport of Taiwan will bring in 30 representatives from 11 agencies such as travel agents, hotels and others as a Taiwanese delegation to take part. participating in the Indonesian Spring Tourism Exhibition (Astindo Travel Fair 2024).

 To achieve the target of 12 million foreign tourists visiting Taiwan by 2024, Deputy Director General of Tourism Chou Ting-chang will also be present at the exhibition and the inauguration of the Taiwan Tourism Information Center in Jakarta at GoWork. Central Park. Ditjen Pariwisata Taiwan will present the Taiwan Pavilion with the main theme of Bubble Tea or Boba Milk Tea, apart from being able to make boba milk tea directly, and tasting the delicious taste of boba milk tea, visitors will also have the opportunity to paint small lanterns with Chinese New Year nuances, watch extraordinary performances from Eye Catching Circus, which received a high rating from the “Ed Fringe Review”, besides that, also invited Cindy Gula, an Indonesian Influencer who has more than 600 thousand followers on Instagram to share the latest and interesting experiences when visiting Taiwan.

Currently, there are many attractive offers for tourists who will visit Taiwan, such as the “Taiwan Lucky Land” lottery with a prize worth NT$ 5,000 for 2 tourists who use the High-Speed ​​Rail at the same time, then one of the tourists will win fee waiver or free, “Taiwan Pass” card combined with HSR, MRT and Taiwan Tourist Shuttle discounts; Then tour groups have the opportunity to get a maximum subsidy of NT$50,000, depending on the number of participants and the length of the tour period in Taiwan. Let’s enjoy the best trip to Taiwan with your family and relatives!

Indonesia, with a population of around 270 million people, is the fourth largest population in the world, more than 80% of whom are Muslims. Taiwan itself has been promoting a Muslim-friendly environment for more than 15 years, based on the 2023 Global Muslim Tourism Index (GMTI) by MasterCard-Crescent, Taiwan is trusted to be ranked third in non-OIC tourism destinations (non-OIC destinations), and won the “Tourism Destination” award. The Most Tolerant Non-OIC” in 2022.

Starting from January to November 2023, the number of Indonesian tourists coming to visit Taiwan has reached 181,504 people, compared to the number of tourists in the same period before the pandemic (2019) of 205,153 people, this figure shows a recovery of almost 90% and this shows the enthusiasm of Indonesian tourists to travel to Taiwan. The Directorate General of Tourism of the Taiwan Ministry of Transportation will officially establish a Taiwan Tourism Information Center in Jakarta on February 28 2024 which will actively provide direct services to the Indonesian people in order to attract more Indonesian tourists to Taiwan.

The Taiwan Spring Tourism Exhibition in Indonesia, which will take place on 29 February – 3 March 2024 at the Astindo Travel Fair, will feature the “Taiwan Pavilion” with visual design elements of Bubble Tea or boba milk tea, which is one of Taiwan’s classic culinary attractions. The Taiwan Pavilion also invited Instagram influencers in the tourism and culinary sector who have more than 600 thousand followers, namely Cindy Gula as the best resource to share the latest experiences of traveling to Taiwan, she will be present directly to talk about safe travel experiences in Taiwan.