The Taipei International Travel Fair kicks off today: Short-haul trips for under NT$10,000, long-haul trips saving you over NT$10,000

By MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Life Network, reported by Chen Guanxin

 

The most anticipated annual travel event — the ITF Taipei International Travel Fair — opens today through the 21st at the 1st and 2nd floors of Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1 and Hall 3. As this year’s fair starts a week earlier than usual and with Lunar New Year falling at the end of January next year, travel agencies and airlines have launched early promotions on domestic and international tours and flight tickets to attract customers, with short-haul trips available for under NT$10,000 and savings of over NT$10,000 on long-haul ones. Tours for autumn and winter foliage viewing, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and the upcoming winter and Lunar New Year holidays are going on sale early, especially those with imminent departure dates offering clearance prices, plus early bird discounts on flight bookings.

For short-haul trips, the ever-popular Northeast Asia region offers great deals: EasyFly.com launches 3-day Okinawa, Japan, free and easy tours starting from NT$6,900; Cola Tours’ 6-day Asakusa AGORA Tokyo free and easy tour excluding tax starts from NT$10,999; EzTravel’s 5-day Tokyo free and easy tour with Scoot Airlines including tax is under NT$12,000; Fanta Travel’s Hokkaido Ultimate Hot Spring Resort, Healing Open-Air Onsen, and All-You-Can-Eat Snow Crab tour starts from NT$18,000; Shansho Travel offers a discounted price of NT$25,900 for the “Hokkaido北斗Train – Romantic Jozankei, Otaru & Hakodate Million-Dollar Night View Gourmet 5-Day Tour”; Dual Travel provides an early bird discount of NT$4,000 off for the second person and NT$3,000 off for children not occupying a bed on Japanese tours; for Korea, Five Fortune Travel offers Korean free and easy tours starting from NT$7,777; Hong Travel Agency’s 4-day Korea tour including tax starts from NT$7,999 and 5-day from NT$8,999; Cola Tours’ 4-day “Leisurely Jeju Adventure, Double Shows & Highlights” including tax starts from NT$8,888; and Shansho Travel’s “Fun & Value – Seoul Everland, Cheonggyecheon & Snow Play 4-Day Tour” starts from just NT$9,999.

Hong Kong and Macau, also popular travel destinations for Taiwanese, offer attractive packages: Yingjia Travel’s 3-day 2-night Hong Kong free and easy tour starts from NT$6,900; the Hong Kong Tourism Board promotes the December “Hong Kong WinterFest” with a minimum price of NT$7,888 for a 3-day 2-night stay including tax; EzTravel’s “Drunk on the Fragrant Harbor” package is also available for just NT$8,888 including tax for 3 days; Cola Tours’ 3-day Macau “Showcasing Golden Venice” tour starts from NT$6,888; the Macau Tourism Board’s 3-day 2-night Macau package including tax starts from NT$9,999 for a stay in a 5-star luxury hotel; EzTravel’s Macau Venetian Resort free and easy 3-day tour including tax is only NT$10,999, and includes a “+NT$1 for 1 more night” deal, with a 4-day 3-night option starting from NT$11,000.

Thailand, which has won multiple travel awards, offers deals such as EzFly.com’s Bangkok 5-day free and easy tour starting from NT$6,999, including a free one-day trip to a floating market and Little Europe, and Bangkok 5-day group tours with elephant rides and water activities for just NT$8,888. Dual Travel’s 5-day Thai Amphawa tour is available for just NT$8,800; Shunyi Travel’s Thai tours with stays at Le Méridien hotels start from NT$9,900.

Indonesia, beloved for its villas, offers deals such as 11,999 per person for a beach & volcano exploration tour, Dual Travel’s luxury 5-star beachfront retreat starting from NT$16,900, and EVA Holidays’ 2-night unforgettable experience starting from NT$19,000; Malaysia, rich in ethnic diversity, offers AirAsia’s “flight + hotel” free and easy package for NT$15,000 with daily chances to win a free night in Malaysia at the Malaysia Pavilion. Lianxiang Travel’s value-for-money Malaysian Yacht Club & Cultural Heritage Tour 5-day package starts from NT$13,900, and “Dancing Sabah EASY GO” 5-day tour is available for NT$19,000 during the fair; Lion Travel even offers an exclusive New Year’s “Love Bus” — a romantic getaway to Malaysia’s Sea Me Heaven Water Resort for 5 days, departing December 28 only, starting from NT$24,800.