Holland's envoy to Taiwan, Menno Goedhart, said Friday that he and his wife have decided to make Taiwan their home after he retires. At the launch of his new book 'The Real Taiwan and the Dutch' at Fort Provintia in Tainan City, Goedhart said he and his wife will resettle in the southern township of Sinhua in Tainan County when his tenure as the Netherlands' top envoy to Taiwan ends later this year. Over the past eight years, Goedhart has visited almost every corner of the Taiwan -- including some areas that are unfamiliar to many Taiwanese -- to trace the footprints of his ancestors who ruled Taiwan between 1524 and 1662. During that period, some citizens of Holland married local aborigines, mostly from the Rukai tribe that is one the 10-odd recognized indigenous groups in Taiwan. Goedhart, who has built a close friendship with the Rukai people, was given an 'elder' title by the tribe in Shantimen township in Pingtung. He is one of two foreign citizens on whom the Rukai bestowed the title, the first being also a Hollander who was given the honor in the early 20th century. Goedhart's book, published in Chinese and English, features many of Taiwan's most attractive destinations, including the counties of Hualien and Taitung in eastern Taiwan, the cities and counties of Tainan and Chiayi in the central part and the offshore Penghu County. It also focuses on the indigenous tribes around the country. According to Goedhart, he plans to make his home in Tainan when he retires and to travel around Taiwan promoting his book. All proceeds from the book will to be donated to the victims of Typhoon Morakot which devastated parts of eastern and southern Taiwan last August, he added. At the book launch, Tainan Mayor Hsu Tain-tsair dubbed Goedhart as 'the Marco Polo of Taiwan, ' citing the envoy's ambitious plan to sell Taiwan to the rest of the world. Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant and adventurer who visited China in the 13th century and wrote a book called 'Il Milione di Marco Polo, ' which gave Europeans some of their earliest information about China. 