Tourism Bureau designates 2020 ‘Year of Mountain Tourism’

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/08/21
By: Zin Kao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan's Tourism Bureau has designated 2020 the “Year of Mountain Tourism” (脊梁山脈旅遊年) and plans to brand Taiwan as an international mountaineering tourism destination, the Central News Agency (CNA) reports.

Taiwan has abundant mountaineering resources, with 268 peaks over 3,000 meters in height awaiting intrepid climbers. In order to attract more visitors to the mountain vistas, the Cabinet has switched from the "permission system" to the "reporting system" regarding mountain control.
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