Words and photos provided by Industrial Development & Investment Promotion Committee of Taichung City (IDIPC)
Taichung’s “Top 10 Gifts Festival” contest, now in its 11th year, always sees winning shops attracting large numbers of visitors and becoming popular destinations for gift and souvenir purchases.
This year’s contest, hosted by the Industrial Development & Investment Promotion Committee of Taichung City (IDIPC), is a bit different from the past years, with the main theme being “Giving gifts during New Year” and contestants including both food and non-food products.
Awards:
- Top 10 Gifts winners
- Most Popular Shop, selected via online voting (2 winners)
- Most Popular Shop, selected via on-site voting (2 winners)
Schedule:
- Nov. 6: Press conference for participating businesses.
- A total of 178 shops signed up this year (2019).
- Dec. 6: 11 judges awarded grades based on participating shops’ local Taichung flavor, product taste, content availability, wrapping and packaging. One hundred selected shops entered a third stage and displayed their products at Civic Square.
- Dec. 7-13: Online voting for the Most Popular Shop took place.
- Dec. 14-15: A two-day Most Popular Shop contest via on-site voting at Civic Square took place, with voters getting to place one vote for their favorite shop. The top 10 businesses chosen became Taichung’s top 10 best gift shops.
Taichung is hosting the national Taiwan Lantern Festival with the goal of boosting the city’s prosperity and internationalization through this event. Taichung’s highlighted souvenirs are not limited to already well-known pastries, but now include shops selling other food products, daily necessities, and refined daily-use crafts. Numerous voters participated to select their favorite souvenirs during this Top 10 Taichung Gifts Festival event and it is hoped that everyone can work together to promote Taichung’s tourism industry and make this city the ideal destination for visitors.
About the IDIPC:
The Committee’s goals are establishing an ideal investment environment, industrial and business development, and boosting the economy in Taichung City. It also offers consulting services to small and medium enterprises.
IDIPC services:
‧Promoting the city government’s financial policies.
‧Improving Taiwan’s investment environment.
‧Providing and promoting Taiwan’s investment information.
‧Consulting services to small and medium enterprises.
‧Providing solutions to industrial issues.
‧Other investment services.
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臺中市十大伴手禮票選活動今年已邁入第11年，凡獲選之店家總能吸引到不速之客的青睞，成為最佳送禮之定情物及聯繫友誼最佳等路。 由臺中市工商發展投資策進會主辦，延續過往及今年略作些微改變： 今年主打「春節送禮」為採購年貨做準備，選拔類別分為食品類及非食品類。
獎項：
- (1) 十大伴手禮首獎
- (2) 網路票選最佳人氣獎2名
- (3) 現場最佳人氣獎2名等
時程：
- 11月6日召開廠商報名開跑記者會
- 今年(2019)共有178家廠商報名。
- 12月6日邀請11位評審團前來評分，針對在地性、美味度、產品標示、包裝設計等進行評比，篩選出100名進入第三階段在市民廣場展示，讓民眾票選。
- 12月7日-13日針對100家廠商，進行網路票選活動。
- 12月14日-15日兩天於市民廣場，接受民眾票選，民眾限拿一張選票，可圈選出10家心目中最好的十大伴手禮，及現場最佳人氣獎。
台灣燈會今年在臺中市舉辦，希冀整個城市一起動起來讓臺中展望國際，讓伴手禮也跟著國際化而發光發亮，伴手禮除了傳統上最為人知的糕餅業之外，還有更多其他不同面向的產品都投入近幾年的伴手禮票選，從吃的食品，到日常用品、甚至歡迎設計精良的手工具產品投入伴手禮領域，讓工藝產品溶入日常生活中，今年的十大伴手禮票選活動，希望民眾一起來選出心目中最具代表的伴手禮，讓「臺中禮讚 等路好禮」之情誼與您搭起友誼的橋樑，一起推廣臺中市的觀光產業，一起讓臺中成為更棒的城市。
關於臺中市工商發展投資策進會： 本會的基本任務為建立地方良好的投資環境，發展區域工商業，繁榮地方經濟，並加強投資服務及輔導中小企業。
本會辦理服務工作： ‧宣揚政府經濟政策。 ‧推動改善境內投資環境。 ‧提供境內投資環境資料，促進投資意願。 ‧輔導中小企業發展。 ‧發掘有礙工業發展之問題，反映改善。 ‧其他有關投資服務事項。
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