Earth Day campaign was major success with 500 participants
Taiwan News
Date: Date: 2018/04/26
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Facing falling numbers of visitors, beaches in Kenting (墾丁) will
Pingtung County to hold six beach cleanups in Kenting in May and June. (By Central News Agency)
be targeted for more cleanup campaigns over the next few months, the Pingtung County Government said Thursday.
The resort town near Taiwan’s southern tip has been facing increasing complaints about the high prices of its lodgings and food, the shoddy nature of its night market, but also the cleanliness, or lack thereof, of its sandy beaches.
On April 22, Earth Day, the town’s hotels and restaurants mobilized more than 500 volunteers to clean up the beaches.
However, in order to keep up the good work and improve Kenting’s image, the county government said Thursday it would organize six similar campaigns during May and June, the Central News Agency reported. [FULL STORY]
