A new tour in Taipei , Taiwan , allows tourists to do four - hour ride - alongs in local taxis . `` We needed to convince drivers that this tour would n't impact their business , that it 's ( actually ) going to help due to the extra income they receive from the tour , '' says Lin . Tourists go wherever local residents hire the cabs to go . The goal is going to unexpected locations and meeting chatty locals . An English tourist was invited to a Taiwanese restaurant , by a passenger in his taxi .
A new tour in Taipei , Taiwan , allows tourists to do four - hour ride - alongs in local taxis . Tourists go wherever local residents hire the cabs to go . The goal is going to unexpected locations and meeting chatty locals . An English tourist was invited to a Taiwanese restaurant , by a passenger in his taxi .