VISITORS travelling to Taiwan will be greeted with new and enhanced tourism infrastructure over the next few months.
From December 1, 2015, passengers travelling on the High Speed Rail will be able to stop at three new stations – Miaoli, Changhua and Yunlin.
Meanwhile, the long-awaited 51km metro line from Taoyuan International Airport to Taipei Station is now scheduled for an opening in late March 2016. It has 22 stops in total. Downtown check-in services will also be made available at Taipei Station.
Phoenix Tours general manager, Benjamin Pien, said: “(There will be) more express train services connecting Hualien and Taitung. The journey from Taipei to Taitung will be shortened from four to three hours.”
Pien added that “the airport’s two existing runways in the north and south will take turns to undergo repair and are expected to be completed next year”.
Furthermore, the Taoyuan International Airport’s third terminal is expected to be completed by 2020.
The National Palace Museum Southern Branch is also slated for a December 28, 2015, opening date. Situated in Taibao city in Chiayi county, the museum will start with 10 exhibitions and is expected to draw four million visitors per year. Free admission will be offered to all visitors from December 28, 2015 to March 31, 2016.
On the hotel front, several new hotels will debut with diversified accommodation offerings. Both Aloft Taipei Beitou and Zhongshan will open on October 1, 2016 and December 9, 2015 respectively. Also to throw open its doors in December are the 205-room Westin Tashee Resort, Taoyuan and the 465-key Courtyard by Marriott Taipei.
