The offer targets foreign passport holders, including Japanese nationals, who enter Taiwan via Taoyuan International Airport and transfer to another international flight within 24 hours. The gift voucher is worth 600 New Taiwan dollars (about 3,000 yen) and can be used at designated shops and restaurants in the airport.
The vouchers can be collected at the Visitor Service Center in the arrival lobby of Terminal 1 or Terminal 2. To receive them, you must complete the online arrival registration, which is available from three days before your arrival date, and present your passport and onward boarding pass upon entry. The gift vouchers cannot be refunded, transferred, or exchanged for cash, and they are valid until December 31, 2026.
Campaign registration required, collection point is easy to find
This time, I arrived at Terminal 2. I had a long transit of about 20 hours before my next flight. The voucher collection point was the information counter visible upon arrival, and it was very easy to find.
I registered in advance on the special website. To be honest, I didn’t fully understand it at the time and just went ahead and booked a “Self-Guided Tour.”
For the self-guided tours you explore on your own, six model courses are suggested: courses A and B are in Taoyuan City, C and D are in Taipei City, E is inside Terminal 1, and F is inside Terminal 2. I wanted to go into Taoyuan City, so I picked course B on instinct.
The model course suggested a route visiting the Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center and Hengshan Calligraphy Art Park near Linghang Station, and Gloria Outlets and Xpark near Taoyuan Station. Recommended stay times are also provided, but you are free to choose the spots you like according to your mood and schedule. Except for the routes that stay within the terminal buildings, the tours come with a round-trip ticket for the Taoyuan Airport MRT.
After completing the online arrival registration beforehand (many travelers had clearly not done this), I headed to the information counter. I was asked in English whether I had pre-registered, and then I presented my boarding pass for the arriving flight, the e-ticket for my onward flight, and my passport. The procedure was completed smoothly in just a few minutes.
Then I was given four vouchers. Two of them were the gift vouchers mentioned above. You can check where they can be used from the information printed on the vouchers.
The remaining two were voucher certificates to exchange for Taoyuan Airport MRT tickets. These two vouchers can be used for rides without any section restrictions. A one-way ticket between Taipei Main Station and Taoyuan Airport costs 160 New Taiwan dollars (about 800 yen), so if you use both vouchers for that section, their value comes to 320 New Taiwan dollars (about 1,600 yen).
In other words, what I received at this point was an airport gift voucher worth about 3,000 yen and Taoyuan Airport MRT ride vouchers worth about 1,600 yen, for a total value of roughly 4,600 yen.
Of course, you can also use the Taoyuan Airport MRT vouchers for other sections, and the fare varies depending on the distance. Even so, as a giveaway offered to all eligible transit passengers, it is undoubtedly a very generous campaign.
I fully enjoyed both Taoyuan City and Taipei City and also picked up premium pineapple cakes by Wu Zijing, available only at airport duty-free shops. It turned out to be a highly satisfying transit stay in Taiwan.
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