AIT director names Hualien as one of his favorite places in Taiwan

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/04/04
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – American Institute in Taiwan Director Kin Moy (梅健華) posted a

picture of himself in Hualien on Facebook Wednesday in an effort to promote tourism in the region following its deadly February 6 earthquake.

A total of 17 people died in the disaster, and the once-popular travel destination on Taiwan’s east coast has been struggling to attract tourists back.

Kin is the latest in a series of dignitaries to encourage people to return to Hualien. Last weekend, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) spent time in the region buying typical local products, from mochi sweets to a hand-woven hat. Former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) also toured the area, and Sophie Chang (張淑芬), the wife of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. founder Morris Chang (張忠謀), took a whole train full of company employees in what was intended to be just the first shift of nine to Hualien.

Kin posted a picture of himself at the entrance of the Cross-Island Highway near Taroko on an AIT Facebook page, the Central News Agency reported. He named Hualien as one of his favorite places in Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]