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Travel Market

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According to statistics from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism), international tourist arrivals had recovered to 88% of pre-pandemic levels (2019) by the end of 2023. This post-pandemic tourism market rebound buoyed inbound visitors to Taiwan, reaching 6,486,951 visitors in 2023, up 624.02% compared to 2022. Moving forward, we will continue to explore significant and high-potential source markets globally for visitors and seek to create more diverse and sustainable tourism opportunities for Taiwan.

Tourism Revenue

The total tourism revenue, which includes inbound tourism expenditure by visitors to Taiwan and domestic tourism expenditure by locals, was estimated to be approximately US$24.565 billion in 2023, accounting for 3.25% of GDP for that year.

Tourism Revenue

Inbound Tourism Expenditure

According to the "2023 Annual Survey Report on Visitors Expenditure and Trends in Taiwan," the inbound tourism expenditure for visitors to Taiwan in 2023 was estimated to be approximately US$8.661 billion, an increase of 386.30% compared to 2022.

Domestic Tourism Expenditure

According to the "2023 Survey of Travel by R.O.C. Citizens," Taiwanese nationals aged 12 and above made approximately 207 million domestic trips in 2023. The average expenditure per person per trip was about US$76.92, and the average length of domestic trips was approximately 1.45 days. This resulted in an estimated total domestic tourism expenditure of about US$15.904 billion, reflecting an increase of 21.30% compared to 2022.