The 2014 Taipei Tourism Expo commenced on Friday last week. The Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) is promoting the “crazy about tribal communities — easy summer travel” package — a travel itinerary composed of trips to 10 Aboriginal communities. All you need is a tribal community tour passport, and after completing the journey to the 10 designated Aboriginal communities, mail the passport back to the council to receive a traditional Aboriginal outfit.
The route for the 10 tribal communities includes “being Atayal for a day” in New Taipei City’s Wulai District, “Aboriginal bliss” in Taoyuan County’s Fuhsing Township, the “Bunun community at Yushan” in Nantou County’s Hsinyi Township, “taking in Mudan’s summer flowers” in Pingtung County’s Mudan Township and the “Jingpu Community’s tribe of the sun” in Hualien County’s Fongbin Township.
Lin Chao-ping, a trustee at the Fuhsing Township Tour Guide Association, says that the trip to Fuhsing Township in Taoyuan County consists of getting your own personal Atayal name, learning how to make makauy-flavored (wild mountain peppercorn) crackers and getting to experience how Atayal catch and grill fish, all of which comes to a market value of NT$1,500 and is available at a discount price of NT$900 at the expo.
(Liberty Times, Translated by Kyle Jeffcoat)
Photo: Hsieh Fong-chiu, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者謝鳳秋
台北國際觀光旅展上週五登場，原民會推出「豐部落—夏季輕旅行」，規劃十條部落旅遊路線。民眾只要手持部落旅遊護照，走完十條行程後，將護照寄回原民會，即可得到一套原住民傳統服飾。
十條路線包含新北烏來「當一日泰雅人」、桃園復興「『原』來那麼快樂」、南投信義「開門見玉山—望鄉布農部落」、屏東牡丹「夏季‧牡丹‧後花園」、花蓮豐濱「太陽的部落，靜浦原味小旅行」等。
復興鄉觀光導覽協會專案管理人林鄗平說，參加桃園復興行程，就可得到專屬的泰雅名字，還能DIY加入馬告的手工餅乾，體驗抓魚、烤魚，市價一千五百元，旅展專案特價九百元。
（自由時報記者甘芝萁）
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