Tourism Bureau to set up overseas office in Dubai next year

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/12/30
By: Wang Shu-fen and Ko Lin

Taipei, Dec. 30 (CNA) A tourism information office will be established in the United Arab Emirates early next year to promote Taiwan tourism to visitors in the region, the Tourism Bureau said Monday.

The Dubai office will be inaugurated between March and May, Tourism Bureau Director-General Chou Yung-hui (周永暉) told reporters at a media event in Taipei.

Muslim tourists are definitely some of the most important customers in the travel market, Chou said, adding that besides Malaysia and Indonesia in Southeast Asia, the Middle-East region is also a market worth exploring.

According to the director-general, the city was first considered because of the availability of direct flights between Taiwan and Dubai.    [FULL  STORY]