By Steven Crook / Contributing reporterTaiwan’s tourism industry, it’s fair to say, has pretty much conquered the Japanese market. If Taiwan is to attract more visitors from nearby countries, Southeast Asia is thus an obvious region to focus on. Official efforts to tap into the huge Muslim market — almost a quarter of the world’s population — began in 2008, when the Tourism Bureau and the Taiwan Visitors Association (法人臺灣觀光協會) invited international Islamic tourism experts to visit Taiwan. In places like Houtong (猴硐) and Shifen (十分), there wasn’t any halal food, and we had to plan our meals around this fact. “We definitely saw the effort they’ve made to educate homestays and restaurants to cater for the Muslim segment,” Tee says.

Source: Taipei Times January 22, 2020 15:56 UTC