Notes from Central Taiwan: Cover your eyes: the Tourism Bureau is at it again
If there is anything that long-term foreigners here agree on, it is the ineptitude of Taiwan’s tourism bodies in presenting Taiwan to the international community. The latest offering, reported on by Focus Taiwan last week, is the Time for Taiwan (線上台灣館) Virtual Exhibition Web site (www.tva.org.tw), created by the Taiwan Visitors Association for the nation’s Tourism Bureau. The new site is aimed at tourists who might think about visiting Taiwan after it re-opens next year. Let us hope they don’t find it. <strong>SAME OLD, SAME OLD</strong> When opened, the site decl...