The 2017 Holiday World Show Dublin was held at the RDS International Exhibition Centre in Dublin from the 27th to the 29th of January. With the support of the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, The Taipei Representative Office set up a beautiful "Taiwan Pavilion" at the show to promote Taiwan’s tourism, culture and national image.
Representative Tu officially hosted the "Taiwan Pavilion” opening ceremony on the afternoon of the 27th. The ceremony was also attended by Senator Gerry Horkan and many politicians.
The "Taiwan Pavilion" itself featured the slogan "Taiwan - The Heart of Asia" beside an image of the internationally famous Taipei 101 Tower. The Pavilion provided visitors with a variety of tourist handbooks, maps, gift bags, travel itineraries and other promotional materials alongside souvenir flashlight pens and whistle key rings. The Taiwanese Community also displayed traditional calligraphy and bright traditional Taiwanese aboriginal clothing.
The Holiday World Show Dublin has been held annually for the past twenty-eight years and is a major international tourism event in Ireland being highly regarded by both Government and Industry. The 2017 show featured over 400 pavilions and over 2,000 tour operators, airlines, banks and embassies. Exhibitors from fifty countries and regions from across Europe, America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia including stands from Japan, Australia, mainland China, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, India and Sri Lanka participated in the show. The event proved to be very successful and attracts over 50,000 visitors every year.
1.Representative and Mrs Tu together with Senator Gerry Horkan (first on the right) and VIPs.
2.A scene from the 2017 Holiday World Show Dublin, which attracted over 50,000 visitors
3.Dublin Mandarin School Principal Evan Liu (seated second from right) displaying the beautiful art of calligraphy to satisfied visitors at the Pavilion
4.Chairman of the Taiwan-Ireland Association, Frank Lu, entertaining visitors with a performance of the traditional Diabolo
5.Representative Tu meeting with the director of the popular TV series “Game of Thrones” at the Pavilion
6.Representative Tu meeting visitors dressed in historical clothing and inviting them to visit the “Taiwan Pavilion”
