Forest recreation areas in Taiwan offer half-price admission for Double Ten Day

Taiwan's Forestry Bureau is encouraging the public to refresh their senses and take a relaxing walk in a national forest park

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/10/02
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Taiwan’s Forestry Bureau said it will offer half-price admission to 13 national forest recreation areas during the four-day, Double Ten Day holiday from Oct. 10-13.

The 13 national forest recreation areas are: Taipingshan, Neidong, Dongyanshan, Manyueyuan, Dasyueshan, Basianshan, Aowanda, Alishan, Kenting, Shuangliu, Chihnan, Fuyuan, and Chihnan.

Meanwhile, the Wulai Trolley (烏來台車) in Wulai, New Taipei City, will offer discounted ticket prices of NT$30 during the holiday, the bureau said in a press release.

The nation’s forest recreation areas are abundant in health-enhancing negative ions and phytoncides (a substance naturally produced by plants to fend off germs and bugs). The concentration of negative ions in forests is several times higher than in the city.    [FULL  STORY]