Following a record number of visitors during 2009, the Taiwan Tourism Bureau has approved 37 new hotel investment projects on the island. The building of these new facilities, including large international tourist hotels, business properties, and boutique hotels, will increase the number of guestrooms in Taiwan by more than 10,000.

The Taipei-based Taiwan Strait Tourism Association opened an office in Beijing on May 4, while Beijing's Cross-Straits Tourism Association opened an office in Taipei on May 7. It was the first such move by semi-official agencies of Taiwan and China in six decades.

A new cable car line has launched near one of Taiwan’s most popular leisure destinations, Sun Moon Lake, to offer grand views over the island’s largest natural lake and surrounding mountain scenery.

In celebration of the Year of the Tiger, the 2010 Taiwan Lantern Festival has captured the power and auspiciousness of the tiger in the main theme lantern display. The Taiwan Tourism Bureau brought together several experts and scholars to design the main lantern and lantern theme. Due to the rhyme of the Chinese characters for "tiger" and "good fortune," the lantern was named "Good Fortune to Taiwan" and designed with motifs reflecting the spirit of good luck and divine protection of Taiwan.

The annual Taiwan Tourism Festival Celebration kicked off on Friday, February 26, at the Grand Hotel in Taipei. The Taiwan Tourism Bureau invited tourism industry leaders from Taiwan and throughout the world to attend, with President Ma Ying-jeou and Deputy Transportation and Communications Minister Chen Wei-Zen in attendance

FT&H and China Airlines have wrapped up their online survey, with results presenting the first true representation of what Australian Travel agents think about the major airlines.

Tourism grew in Taiwan faster than anywhere else in Asia last year on the back of an influx of Chinese visitors, a report said yesterday, quoting a top government official.

Taiwan's travel industry and Taiwanese communities in Austria successfully showcased Taiwan's tourism strengths at an annual tourism fair in Vienna recently, with an exhibition of photos of scenic spots, a demonstration of Chinese calligraphy, a tea ceremony, and prize drawings.