Branding Taiwan for tourism using ‘Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory’ and ‘Analytic Network Process’ methods

Countries should have a clear, credible, appealing, distinctive image in a wide and diverse global marketplace. Nation branding is a good method for countries to survive and prosper in a wide and diverse global marketplace, and many countries have embraced the concept. Nation branding is a sophisticated endeavor, which includes economics, tourism, culture, and political destiny. This paper addresses the problem of branding Taiwan's tourism using the decision making trial and evaluation laboratory approach combined with the analytic network process method to evaluate the performance criteria of branding Taiwan. The results show that ‘festival’ is the critical criterion for branding Taiwan for tourism.