Taiwan News
Date: 2016-02-12
By: Chia Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
With Valentine’s Day approaching, an online shopping site revealed its latest 
survey of the most wanted gifts on Valentine’s Day among Taiwanese people, with “travel package” topping the list as the best gift.
According to its survey on shopping behavior of people in Taiwan, Rakuten Inc., the largest e-commerce site in Japan, found that 48 percent of Taiwanese respondents would like to receive a travel package as their Valentine’s Day gift, and 33 percent of them would prefer dining arrangements or smart devices.
Meanwhile, only eight percent of the respondents chose flowers as the best gift on Valentine’s Day, a traditional gift usually associated with romance.
The survey also showed that nearly 60 percent of the respondents have a hard time picking Valentine’s Day gift, while 44 percent of the people surveyed said they worry that the gifts they pick do not meet the expectations of their partners. [FULL STORY]
