Per the linko, trying more Euros to Taiwan to have convenient public transport, clean environment, friendly people of Taiwan (South is most friendly).
I’m going to be a Limey uninfluencer here and recommend other places for a holiday/vacation.
Taiwan’s a nice place to live (except for the weather in the north and the food in the south), but Brits’d have a lot of arguably better choices which are shorter flights
15/16 hour flight from Heathrow. You’re in Taoyuan International Airport. Yeah, I can think of several better options.
I had a nice dude buy me a drink near there once, he didn’t even try to make me put out!
Well now that Euro will travel less to the Americas, Taiwan could be choice. Taiwan are not rude and crude like Americans, Taiwan very kind and sweet, friendly, more so to European people
As are the Vietnamese and Thai. I know which I’d choose for a vacation.
No, much more like the Chinese.
Apparently I look too South Asian to get the Euro treatment
Sure, but so could Italy, Turkey, India, Mexico, Iceland, Norway, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Egypt, Morocco, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal…
It’s not a clean environment. Even most of the restaurants are not clean 
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Especially when they are driving !
Alishan area is pretty cool but you would need more than that to convince people to visit Taiwan. It’s expensive to get to and really far away.
Well maybe yes! But some chip shops in UK/IE did not look so clean (but never go sick, and seldom in TW)
Interesting, at the airport bar??
I think his wife only let him go to THIFridays…
So Taiwan will try change your mind with the tea sessions, haha. (really, that is what the afternoon is for though)
It’s really not that hard. Just tell Brits they won’t get stabbed for leaving the house and they’ll be on the next flight. Taiwan’s healthcare will even take care of the stab wound they got on the way to the airport.
Clean air, working public transport, friendly locals who don’t want your wallet, no homeless illegal immigrants all over the place, mopeds that won’t rob you in broad daylight… Taiwan basically sells itself.
Other countries are trying to stop them from coming 
From this formulation, may we surmise that central Taiwan could be in the running for the @TT Goldilocks Award?
Guy
Um, low rent gangsters and high chance of traffic issues?
Alishan seems to be a huge hit with Singaporeans which makes sense as they are residents of a city state and this kind of sprawling lovely mountainous area is something really special to them (as it is to me!).
In terms of other possible positives for Taiwan as an under-the-radar destination, I’d say off the top of my head:
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It’s an interesting place for tea enthusiasts, from Alishan to the lovely expanses of Maokong to Dadaocheng as a historical trading port getting Taiwan oolong out to the world market starting in the 19th century;
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It is also a place for serious cyclists, a place with some astonishing rides;
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If people take the trouble to learn about it (I am thinking here of the much-missed @Mucha_Man and his writings in the Lonely Planet editions to Taiwan), the architecture and details of the Fujian style temples scattered across Taiwan are remarkable;
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Throw in some historical sites (including Dadaocheng, named above) plus say the British Consulate with its commanding views over Takao (now known as Kaohsiung) and the history of Dutch colonization in what is now known as Tainan (combine the latter with a visit to the National Taiwan History Museum in Tainan’s Yongkang District);
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Plus great mountain walking for those who like it, even though Taroko National Park sadly is off limits for maybe a decade or more. I’d say the Fuba Trail (starting with the incredible old growth trees up in Taoyuan’s Fuxing, and going down toward Xinbei’s Wulai) is something few visitors would ever forget. I am also partial to the great Walami Trail, with the trail head not far from Hualien’s Yuli Township nestled in the lovely East Rift Valley.
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Train enthusiasts could also check out the Alishan Railway which I think could be of interest.
Some negatives from my perspective: atrocious dangerous driving that seems to be getting worse and worse (then again Vietnam also gets some attention for this too); some dodgy hygiene in Taiwan’s eateries including cases of negligent shops killing people; a mix of some nice and more than a few extremely self-centered people who can be quite rude. Given these negatives, is Taiwan better than say Japan for visitors? I’d say the answer is clear: no. Japan is better at all of the above. But as a lesser known place to visit, Taiwan could be a destination for some Brits interested in some of the strong points listed above. I don’t think they’d regret coming and checking these things out.
Guy
You know, these guys are more and more visible in the north too. I suspect the PRC’s current “issues” (I’ll leave this vague) and the crackdown on transnational criming in Myanmar / Thailand has led to a repatriation of more than a few gangster types who had heretofore been plying their trade overseas. This is not a positive develop for those of us living in Taiwan, but I don’t think these guys would be much of an issue to casual visitors, unless things go very wrong.
Guy