Taiwan This Month

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Taiwan This Month
Managing EditorLouise Bystrom
CategoriesTourist magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 3,360,135
First issueFebruary 2009
CompanyCross Multimedia
CountryTaiwan
LanguageEnglish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
Website http://www.taiwanthismonth.com

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 is distributed to 26 countries worldwide and can be found in 23 of Ministry of Foreign Affairs overseas offices.

To mention a few places in Europe: Stockholm, Helsinki, Madrid, Paris and London, in Asia: Singapore, Bangkok, New Delhi and Seoul and North America: Toronto.

Further more, in the ticketing offices for China Airlines, apart from cities mentioned, Vienna and Amsterdam in Europe, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and New York in North America, as well as Tokyo and Brisbane. Taoyuan International Airport and Kaohsiung International Airport are also covered.

Overseas distribution every month via air mail

(Only partial of the overseas distribution sites are listed above. Contact information can be obtained through Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website.)

In Taiwan our magazine Taiwan this Month will be at prominent venues

Financial Institution

Museums

Schools

Clubs

Hotels

Restaurants, Night Clubs, Wine Shops

Content

Taiwan this Month provides its readers with information such as

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

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.

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