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Taiwan I.H.T. Ports and Harbors: Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai- TAIWAN chung Airports: 38 (1999 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 35, over 3,047 m: 8, 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9, 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8, 914 to 1,523 m: 7, under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 3, 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1, under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.) Heliports: 2 (1999 est.) Visa: required by all except the following, provided they have no criminal record: nationals of: British, Australian, Canadian, USA, other EU and Japanese. Nationals of the People’s Republic of China are not normally permitted to enter Taiwan. Duty Free: 200 cigarettes or 25 cigars or 454g of tobacco; 1 bottle of alcoholic beverage; other goods for personal use up to the value of NT$20,000. Health: a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required from all travellers arriving from infected areas. A cholera vaccination certificate is a condition of entry if arriving or having passed through an infected areas. All water should be regarded as being potentially contaminated. HOTELS●MOTELS●INNS HUALIEN CHARMING CITY ,Tel:03 8353355,[email protected] , http://hualien- charming-city.city-hotel.com.tw CHATEAU DE CHINE HOTEL HUALIEN ,TEL: 886 3 823 5388, No.2, Yongxing Rd., Hualien City, Hualien County 97060, Taiwan , http://hualien.chateaudechine.com/en-us CJ HOTEL ,t:03 8331389,[email protected] ,http://www.r-hotel.com/eng Country Dialling Code (Tel/Fax): ++886 CLASSIC CITY RESORT ,T:03 835 9977,[email protected] , Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications: Ninth Floor, http://www.classichotel.com.tw/eng 280 Chunghsiao East Road, Section Four, Taipei, 106 Taiwan, China Tel: (2) 2349 F HOTEL,TEL:07 3323990, http://www.fhotels.com.tw 1500 Fax: (2) 2773 5487 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.tbroc.gov.tw FARGLORY HOTEL,t:02 87863333,http://www.farglory-hotel.com.tw Capital: Taipei Time: GMT + 8 FULLON HOTEL HUALIEN ,No.51, Minsheng Rd., Hualien City, Hualien Background: In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan, County 970, Taiwan ,TEL:886 38230077, http://hualien.fullon-hotels.com however it reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the communist HUALIEN BYEYER HOTEL,No.361, Zhongshan Rd., Hualien City, Hualien victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a County 970, Taiwan ,TEL:886 3 8325185,http://byeyer.hotel.com.tw/eng government that over five decades has gradually democratized and incorporated the native population within its structure. Throughout this period, the island has prospered HUALIEN LI-SHIUAN INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,NO.99-1 Chung Mei to become one of East Asia's economic "Tigers." The dominant political issue Rd. Hualien, Taiwan,TEL: 886 38349922 , http://www.lishiuan.com/lishiuanen continues to be the relationship between Taiwan and China and the question of HOTEL BAYVIEW ,No10 Mingtan St, Sincheng Township Hualien County eventual reunification. 971, Taiwan, Tel: 03 8232345,[email protected] , Location: Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, http://www.hotelbayview.com.tw/english South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern HOTEL LES CHAMPS ,No.2, Huagang St., Hualien City,Hualien County 970, coast of China Taiwan,TEL:03 8323737,[email protected] , Map References: Southeast Asia http://www.leschamps.com.tw/hualien Area: total: 35,980 sq km, land: 32,260 sq km, water: 3,720 sq km, note: includes the HOTEL OCEAN,No.5 Ming-Chuan Rd., Hualien,TEL:886 3 8338158 , Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy [email protected] , http://www.hotel-ocean.com.tw Climate: tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); JUST SLEEP HUALIEN ZHONGZHENG,Tel: 886 2 77355000, cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year http://www.justsleep.com.tw/Hualien/en Terrain: eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in LAKESHORE HOTEL ,Tel:886 38222666 ,No.142,Jung Mei Rd., Hualien west City, Hualien County 970, Taiwan , http://www.lakeshore.com.tw/hualien Natural Resources: small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and LIENFOOK HOSTELRY HUALIEN,TEL : 03 8333815, No.1, Aly. 1, Ln. 336, asbestos Zhongzheng Rd., Hualien City,[email protected] , Population: 22,191,087 (July 2000 est.) http://www.lienfook.com.tw Nationality: noun: Chinese (singular and plural), adjective: Chinese PARKVIEW HOTEL,T: 886 38222111 ,No.1-1, Linyuan, Hualien City, Hualien Ethnic Groups: Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, aborigine County 970, Taiwan , http://www.parkview-hotel.com/en 2% PROMISEDLAND RESORT & LAGOON,t:886 38656789 , Hualien,Taipei, Religions: mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other http://www.plcresort.com.tw/en 2.5% QUALITY INN HUALIEN ,No.46-1, Sanmin St., Hualien City, Hualien County Languages: Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects 970, Taiwan ,Tel :03 832 0000 , [email protected] , http://www.quality- Economy: Taiwan has a dynamic capitalist economy with gradually decreasing inn.com.tw/web_eng If it does not say Intercontex it is not The International Hotel and Travel Directory Directory and Travel Hotel International The it is not Intercontex say does not Ifit guidance of investment and foreign trade by government authorities. In keeping with SILKS PLACE TAROKO ,No.18 Tian Hsyang Road, Shiou Lin Village, this trend, some large government-owned banks and industrial firms are being Hualien County,Phone: 886 38691155,[email protected] , privatized. Real growth in GDP has averaged about 8% during the past three http://www.silksplace-taroko.com.tw/en decades. Exports have grown even faster and have provided the primary impetus for THE BUTTERFLY VALLEY RESORT ,t:02 2564 2070, industrialization. Inflation and unemployment are low; the trade surplus is substantial; [email protected] , http://www.bvr.com.tw and foreign reserves are the world's third largest. Agriculture contributes 3% to GDP, down from 35% in 1952. Traditional labor-intensive industries are steadily being KAOHSIUNG moved off-shore and replaced with more capital- and technology-intensive industries. Taiwan has become a major investor in China, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The tightening of labor markets has led to an influx of foreign workers, both legal and illegal. Because of its conservative financial approach and its entrepreneurial strengths, Taiwan suffered little compared with many of its neighbors from the Asian financial crisis in 1998-99. Growth in 2000 should pick up a bit from 1999, backed by expansion in domestic consumption, exports, and private investment. Industries: electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing Currency: 1 New Taiwan dollar (NT$) = 100 cents Railways: total: 2,481 km (519 km electrified), narrow gauge: 2,481 km 1.067-m TEL: 886 7 5217388 (1999) http://kaohsiung.chateaudechine.com/en-us Highways: total: 34,901 km, paved: 31,271 km (including 538 km of expressways), unpaved: 3,630 km (1998 est.) ©Copyrights Taiwan ®Design Intercontex The International Hotel and Travel Directory Taiwan I.H.T. 85 SKY TOWER HOTEL ,No.1, Tzu-Chiang 3rd Rd, Kaohsiung Taiwan, TEL:886 ARK HOTEL ,No.255, Sec. 2, Xinyi Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, 75668000 ,http://www.85sky-tower.com/_eng/index.php?language=_eng Taiwan,[email protected] ,http://arkhotel.com.tw FULLON HOTEL KAOHSIUNG, No.45, Wufu 4th Rd., Yancheng Dist., Kaohsiung BEE HOUSE,No.57, Taiyuan Rd., Datong District, Taipei City 103 Phone: 02 City 803, Taiwan, TEL:07 5511188,http://kaohsiung.fullon-hotels.com 25599000,[email protected] ,http://www.b-house.com.tw/en GARDEN VILLA KAOHSIUNG ,No.801 Chongde Rd. Zuoying District, Kaohsiung BENTLEY PARK SUITES ,No.165-1, Sec. 3, ChengDe Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, City. Taiwan,TEL︰886 73413333,http://www.gardenvilla.com.tw Tel:886 225977575, http://bentleysuites.myweb.hinet.net GRAND HI-LAI SPRING HILL RESORT ,GANBEI RD., TIANLIAO TOWNSHIP, BEAUTY HOTELS TAIPEI ROUMEI BOUTIQUE,No.9, Lane 64, Section KAOHSIUNG COUNTY 823, TAIWAN,t: 886 76362288 111 , 2, Jianguo North Rd, Jhongshan District Taipei City, 104, P: 02 25031133 , http://www.springhill.com.tw/en [email protected] ,http://roumei.beautyhotels.com.tw/en-us/roumei- GRAND HI-LAI HOTEL ,TEL: 886 7 2161766 http://www.grand-hilai.com.tw/english boutique-hotel HAN HSIEN INTERNATIONAL,No. 33, Sihwei 3rd Road, Kaohsiung, 802, BROTHER HOTEL, 255, Sec. 3, Nan-jing East Road, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., TEL:886-2-2712-3456, FAX:886-2-2717-5657 / 886-2-2717-3334, Taiwan,Tel:886 7 332 2000 , http://www.han-hsien.com.tw/hhih/en http://www.brotherhotel.com.tw HOTEL DUA ,T :886 7 2722999, http://www.hoteldua.com.tw CAPITAL HOTEL ,TEL:886 02 25075577,[email protected] , HOTEL KINGDOM,TEL:07 551 8211,Wu-Fu 4th Rd., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, http://www.capital-hotel.com.tw http://www.hotelkingdom.com.tw/en CAESAR PARK TAIPEI,t:886 223115151,[email protected] , HOTEL SUNSHINE ,No. 75, Zhonghua 4th Rd, Taiwan 802, t:886 7 332 9168, http://taipei.caesarpark.com.tw [email protected] CITYINN HOTEL PLUS XIMENDING BRANCH , No.63, Baoqing Rd. http://www.hotelsunshine.com.tw/tw/eng Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan ,Tel: 886 2 77252288, HOWARD PLAZA HOTEL KAOHSIUNG,Tel: 886 7 236 2323, [email protected] ,http://www.cityinn.com.tw/en/cityinn4 www.kaohsiung.howard-hotels.com.tw CITYINN HOTEL TAIPEI STATION BRANCH II , No.81, Chang’an W JIAQING HOTEL, No.78, Jiaqing St., Zuoying Dist., Kaohsiung, Taiwan, t:886 7 862 Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City 103, Taiwan , Tel: 886 2 25555577, 5566, http://www.jiaqing.com.tw [email protected] KINDNESS HOTEL QIXIAN KAOHSIUNG,t:07 288 5588, CITY SUITES TAIPEI NANXI,No.