◎ Sponsor: Youth
Development Administration (YDA), Ministry of Education, Taiwan (ROC)
◎ Introduction:
Taiwan’s
popular Youth Trekkers Wanted Campaign is back again! We’re inviting all
international youth backpackers to get creative and make Taiwan their own with a custom-made Taiwan trek. Let's be
friends!
◎ Dates:
Taiwan trek proposals will
be accepted until 12 midnight (24:00) Taiwan time on July 14, 2013.
◎ How to
participate:
1.
Qualifications
The 6th Youth
Trekkers Wanted Campaign is open to all international youth 18~30 years of age
(in other words, we’ll accept submissions
from applicants born on or after January 1st, 1983 and on or before
December 31st, 1995)
2.
Registration
Go to the activity’s
official webpage (http://youthtravel.tw/youthtrekker)
to fill out the official application. Each entrant should submit with their
application a uniquely themed, 10-day (or longer) Taiwan trek itinerary
proposal that reflects the energy and spirit of youth backpacking.
3.
Each entrant proposal should include the
following: (within 10 pages)
(1) Basic personal
data (including a photograph);
(2) Itinerary
proposals must be submitted in one of the following languages: Chinese,
English, Japanese or Korean. The proposed Taiwan trek itinerary must be at
least 10 consecutive days in length;
(3) Planning
Document, please describe:
a.
motivation for participation, club activity and/or
travel experiences, and the theme and unique character of your proposed Taiwan trek
itinerary;
b.
How you plan to share your Taiwan travel
experience and promote the Youth Trekkers Wanted Campaign.
c.
Other: Feel free to submit examples of prior
personal travel materials and travelogues (e.g., videos, photos, blog posts,
sketches / artwork). Please provide submissions in this category as online
links for convenient selection committee reference.
4.
Selection process
The selection committee
will select the 20 best Taiwan trek itinerary proposal entries. These winning
entries will be eligible to receive sponsor-issued cash incentive awards.
Winners must use their awards to make their Taiwan Trek dreams come true.
5.
Entry
selection and evaluation
The selection committee
appointed by the sponsor shall review all entries and award a score for each based
on the following criteria: Creativity (35%); Application Completeness &
Implement ability (35%); Impact & Promotion Potential (30%).
6.
Winning entry results:
Winning entries in the 6th
Youth Trekkers Wanted Campaign will be posted before July 31st,
2013.
◎Implementation and
reporting:
1.
Winners’ Taiwan Trek Itineraries shall be
completed between the period of August 1st, 2013 and November 20th,
2013
2.
The 20 individuals who submitted the winning
itineraries shall be designated honorary Taiwan Tourism Ambassadors and invited
to come to Taiwan to “live the dream” and complete their trek itinerary. Those unable to travel to Taiwan during the
specified period shall forfeit her / his rights as a winner and shall not be
otherwise compensated.
3.
Each winner must accomplish the following as part
of completing her or his trek itinerary:
(1) At least 10 text articles posted to the
official activity website’s blog. Articles should share winners’ experiences,
insights and thoughts during their Taiwan trek. Each post should include video,
photographs and/or illustrations.
(2) Regularly update / post / check-in on social
media platforms such as Youtube, personal blogs, Facebook, Myspace and Twitter
to share itinerary experiences in “real time”.
(3) All daily Taiwan Trek diary updates and shared
information must be accompanied by the official Youth Development
Administration (YDA) logo, Youth Travel in Taiwan logo or the keywords “Taiwan
Youth Travel” and include hyperlinks to relevant YDA websites.
◎ Award:
The 20 winners will earn
cash incentive awards of either US$2,000 or US$3,000. Award amount category
eligibility will be determined by each winner’s nationality as follows:
1.
Winners from Northeast and Southeast Asia shall
receive a Taiwan Trek award of US$2,000. These countries / territories include
Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines,
Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Brunei, and Timor-Leste.
2.
Winners from other areas, including Europe, the
Americas, Africa, Oceania, and other parts of Asia shall receive a Taiwan Trek
award of US$3,000.
3.
This award may be used to cover roundtrip airfare
to Taiwan, domestic ground transportation in Taiwan, room & board, and
appropriate travel insurance.
4.
Taiwan tax laws require that non-citizens pay 20%
on income earned in Taiwan. Therefore, the actual received value of the award
for winners will be either US$1,600 or US$2,400 (based on award category). The
winners will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education’s
Youth Development Administration prior to arriving in Taiwan. The winner may
collect 70% of the value of her or his cash incentive award after arriving in
Taiwan during the 08/01/2013 – 11/20/2013 implementation period. The award
should be used to complete the (minimum) 10-day itinerary schedule. The
remaining 30% of the cash incentive award value shall be disbursed in Taiwan to
the winner after she / he posts required submissions to the official activity
website’s blog and completes all other required responsibilities.
5.
The full value of the cash incentive award that is
due to winners and disbursed after arrival in and prior to departure from
Taiwan shall be denominated in local currency (New Taiwan dollars [NT$]), with
the US$:NT$ conversion calculated using the US$ selling rate posted by the Bank
of Taiwan on the day prior to the winner’s arrival in Taiwan.
6.
Others
(1) International
youth currently resident, working or studying in Taiwan are ineligible to
participate.
(2) In the interest
of fairness to all applicants, prior award winners in the Youth Development
Administration’s Youth Trekkers Wanted
and Korean Youth Trekkers Wanted
campaigns are ineligible for further campaign award consideration.
(3) Youth travelers
to Taiwan from Mainland China must meet regulations outlined in the document FIT Travel to Taiwan by Citizens of Mainland
China and make all arrangements for relevant documents and approvals in
order to participate in the Youth Trekkers Wanted Campaign. Please follow the
weblinks below for further details:
u Tourism Bureau,
MOTC:
u National
Immigration Agency, MOI:
◎ Addenda:
1.
Entrants guarantee that all data and information
submitted are accurate and do not infringe on the rights of others. All
submissions must be original works of the submitting author. Falsities or
accusations of falsities may result in cancellation of eligibility and/or right
to be considered for an award. The
sponsor may seek return of the full value of award disbursements, with no
compensation provided. Participants shall bear full legal liability for any
harm they may cause to either the sponsor or any third party.
2.
Participants shall take full personal
responsibility for all content they post to or distribute through the activity
website and agree to abide by all relevant ROC (Taiwan) laws and international
Internet-related rules and conventions. Participants further promise not to
endeavor to damage or disrupt activity website information or functions or to
hack into or otherwise damage any Internet system.
3.
Participants are prohibited from uploading and/or
distributing content such as video, text and images that contravenes good
morals or is otherwise illegal. Offenders shall be disqualified from campaign
consideration and take full personal legal responsibility for their actions.
4.
Award winners shall be responsible to apply for an
appropriate Taiwan tourist visa.
5.
Each award winner agrees to implement and complete
her / his trek in accordance with the itinerary proposal submitted. In the
absence of extraordinary circumstances, both theme and content cannot be
changed. To request approval for itinerary changes, the award winner must
notify the Youth Development Administration (YDA) by e-mail within 15 days of
departing for Taiwan. All change requests must be formally approved by the YDA.
The YDA reserves the right to seek reimbursement of the full award amount from
award winners who change their itinerary without prior YDA approval.
6.
Official information related to activity awards
shall be posted to this (the activity) website. Awards are invalid for exchange
and non-transferrable. YDA reserves the right to change award privileges
without prior notice in the event of force
majeure.
7.
Should an award winner not uphold relevant rules
and responsibilities, YDA shall assess the severity of such and may seek
reimbursement of an appropriate percentage of the total award amount.
8.
In the event that unavoidable circumstances cause
the sponsor to be unable to hold this activity as planned, the sponsor reserves
the rights to cancel, end, revise or suspend its execution. Winners who have
already collected their cash incentive award shall be asked to return their
award minus fair expenses already paid.
9.
Personal information and data on participants held
by the sponsor shall not be made released to third parties without the
expressed permission of participants. Such information / data shall also
receive protection under all relevant laws.
10.
The sponsor has the rights to provide to the media
video, photography, images and text provided by participants while in Taiwan as
well as to use excerpts and copies and to incorporate such into printed
material without additional compensation or reward. The sponsor has the right
to interview winners and to arrange interviews, promotion events, and media coverage
of winners with regard to their individual experiences in and impressions of
Taiwan. Winners agree to participate in all sponsor-organized Promotional
activities without further compensation.
11.
Itinerary proposals should take all safety
precautions into consideration. Award winners shall be responsible to arrange
appropriate travel / other insurance.
12.
The sponsor reserves the right to alter at its
discretion activity contents and award items.
◎ Activity
Organizer: Trust International Integrated Marketing, Co.
Contact: Bella Yen/ Christine Chen/ Joanne Yao
Tel: +886-2-2735-8778 ext13, 26, 11
