Everyone Goes Crazy for Taitung; Taiwan's Top Ten Popular Domestic Travel Cities; Taitung Holds Firmly Onto First Place

Taitung's effortlessly natural slow-living atmosphere, its pure and pristine mountain-and-sea scenery, and its relaxed, leisurely style of travel not only make it the top choice for island residents traveling abroad, but also firmly secure it first place among the top ten popular domestic travel cities across Taiwan in 2020, with total visitor numbers for the year 109 of the Republic of China calendar surpassing ten million, a growth of 24.78% compared with year 108 of the Republic of China calendar, creating a wave of everyone going crazy for Taitung.

According to a travel report recently released by the travel industry operator Expedia, Taitung took first place among the top ten domestic travel cities most loved by Taiwanese travelers in 2020. The report pointed out that, affected by the pandemic, travel patterns have changed, with travelers tending toward in-depth travel such as light trips to rural towns far from the hustle and bustle, road trips, mountain-and-sea camping, and exploration of hidden gems, and all of these travel styles can be experienced in Taitung.

The Department of Transportation and Tourism Development stated that Taitung's visitor numbers in year 109 of the Republic of China calendar reached 10,333,218, a growth of 24.78% compared with the full-year figure of 8,281,101 in year 108 of the Republic of China calendar. With no foreign tourists as a premise, it still added nearly a quarter more visitor numbers. This shows that under the impact of the pandemic, Taitung's unique slow-living tourism style has won the favor of citizens, not only triggering a domestic travel sensation but even creating a wave of everyone going crazy for Taitung.

In the future, Taitung will continue to launch more diverse ways to travel, including creating a Pacific recreation water area along the East Coast, launching bicycle tourism routes, and introducing creative options such as distinctive railway tourism, so that the East Drift trend keeps going and the heat of going crazy for Taitung continues.