Taiwan Offering NT$600 Airport Vouchers to Transit Passengers at Taoyuan (Until 31 October 2026)

It is no secret that governments across Asia have been throwing incentives at travellers since borders reopened, and Taiwan has been one of the most generous of the lot. After the well-known Taiwan the Lucky Land NT$5,000 lucky draw, the Taiwan Tourism Administration has turned its attention to a group that usually gets overlooked entirely: transit passengers.

Under the Enter Taiwan, Enjoy a Gift! campaign, foreign passport holders transiting through Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) who clear immigration and enter Taiwan for up to 24 hours during their layover can claim NT$600 (approximately S$25) in airport gift vouchers. The campaign launched on 1 November 2025 and runs until 31 October 2026, or until the allocated funds run out, whichever comes first. The mechanics are refreshingly simple by government promotion standards. There are two steps: register online before you fly, then collect your vouchers on arrival.

Step 1: Register Online Before You Fly

You will need to sign up on the official campaign website, which sits on the same Taiwan Tourism Administration platform that runs the free half-day transit tours. The registration form asks for your passport number, nationality, flight information, and travel dates.

One important note: voucher availability is limited, and online reservations take priority. Given that the campaign has been running since November 2025 and the funds are finite, I would register as early as your booking allows rather than gambling on walk-up availability at the counter.

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Step 2: Enter Taiwan and Collect Your Vouchers

This is the part that trips people up, so let me be clear. You must actually clear immigration and enter Taiwan. Staying airside in the transit area does not qualify. Your layover entry must be for no more than 24 hours, and you will need an onward international boarding pass to prove you are genuinely transiting.

Once you have entered, head to the Tourist Service Centre in either Terminal 1 or Terminal 2 (open 07:30 to 22:30 daily), present your passport and onward boarding pass, and collect your NT$600 in vouchers.

Where Can You Spend the Vouchers?

The vouchers are valid only at participating merchants within Taoyuan International Airport, covering restaurants, duty-free shops, souvenir stores, and other retailers. They are non-refundable, non-transferable, and cannot be exchanged for cash. Vouchers expire on 31 December 2026, though in practice you will almost certainly spend them on the spot before your onward flight.

NT$600 goes reasonably far at TPE. That is comfortably a beef noodle soup and a bubble tea with change to spare, or a decent dent in a box of pineapple cakes from Chia Te or SunnyHills to bring home.

This is a fantastic win for anyone routing through Taipei with a longer layover, and it pairs beautifully with Taiwan's existing free half-day transit tour programme, which runs from the same platform. Stack the two and you get a guided excursion into Taoyuan or Taipei plus NT$600 to spend on dinner or souvenirs before your onward flight, all funded by the Taiwanese government. For Singapore-based travellers, the obvious use case is transiting TPE on China Airlines, EVA Air, or STARLUX en route to North America or Northeast Asia. Both China Airlines and EVA Air sell SIN to US itineraries via Taipei at fares that frequently undercut the nonstop competition, and a deliberate long layover at TPE has just become marginally more rewarding. It also applies if you are connecting through Taipei on separate tickets, provided your entry stays under the 24-hour mark and you hold an onward international boarding pass.

Is NT$600 going to change anyone's routing decision on its own? Of course not. But if you were already transiting Taoyuan, leaving these vouchers unclaimed is leaving money on the table for the sake of a five-minute registration form. Register before you fly, clear immigration, and enjoy a meal on Taiwan.