Taiwan This Month

Taiwan This Month is a free monthly tourist magazine aimed at providing essential information to business travelers, tourists and immigrants to Taiwan, with a focus on people between 28 and 55 years of age.

Founded in early 2009 by Louise Bystrom, Elizabeth Lim and Chang Chih-Tsung, Taiwan this Month is distributed to 26 countries around the world and over 300 locations in Taiwan.

The magazine is written mainly in English and Chinese, with plans underway to provide Korean and Japanese editions.

Distribution

Taiwan this Month distributes to both local and international locations:

• Hotels

• Major airports

• Restaurants

• Major public transport stations

• Trade offices

• Travel agencies

• Convenience stores

• MOFA offices overseas

International Distribution includes a list of countries as well as place of distribution. This includes airports and MOFA offices overseas.

Content

Taiwan this Month provides its readers with information such as

• dining,

• shopping and

• entertainment.

The magazine provides information on Taiwan’s major cities including:

• Taipei

• Pingtung

• Kinmen

• Yilan

• Chayi

• Hualien

• Hsinchu

• Taichung

• Changhua

• Tainan

• Kaohsiung

The magazine provides emergency information such as contact numbers for police, fire fighters and hospitals. Taiwan this Month also provides information regarding the opening hours of department stores and restaurants, and acceptable credit cards in Taiwan. Simple phrases in Chinese are also included in the magazine to help tourists with communicating with the locals.

Taiwan this Month also provides its readers with the most up-to-date news and information regarding the happenings in Taiwan. Each issue has feature articles on upcoming events of the month.