Tourism
Total system ridership last year reached almost 85 million passenger trips, averaging about 232,000 daily riders. The Red Line accounted for some 54 million trips, the Orange Line about 12 million, and the Circular Light Rail over 13 million.
An exhibit of the “Tentacles” art attack series by Filthy Luker and Pedro Estrellas is now on display at Kaohsiung’s Chengcing Lake Tourist Center.
Beyond long-established destinations such as Cijin (旗津), Cishan Old Street (旗山老街), Sizihwan (西子灣), and the Pier-2 Art Center (駁二藝術特區), several newer attractions — including Guoling Park (果嶺公園) and the newly opened Senye Wildlife School (森野動物學校) in Neimen (內門區) — will welcome holiday crowds for the first time.
By KHT Staff The Taiwan Lantern Festival will take place in Chiayi County this March, with major exhibition areas centered around the…
By KHT Staff TAIPEI — Pingtung County has launched a long-term initiative to secure “Dark Sky Community” certification from DarkSky International, with Sheting Village (社頂部落)…
The centerpiece of the 2026 program is a major autumn retrospective of British conceptual art pioneer Michael Craig-Martin, marking his first large-scale solo exhibition in Asia.
The new service will operate between Kaohsiung and Osaka as an extension of AirAsia’s existing Kuala Lumpur–Kaohsiung route. Flights are scheduled to begin on June 15, with daily service planned through the summer travel season.
From 12:00 a.m. on Feb. 13 through midnight on Feb. 22, covering 10 days from three days before Lunar New Year’s Eve through the sixth day of the holiday, taxis will continue to charge regular daytime and nighttime rates, with an additional NT$50 added to the base fare.
Pingtung County has launched a new fleet of electric buses, replacing diesel vehicles on nine major routes serving Hengchun, Kenting, and other high-traffic destinations in Taiwan’s southernmost county.
Cyclists in southern Taiwan will already be familiar with County Road No. 185 (縣道185號), which runs parallel to the Central Mountains. While mostly flat, its importance lies in the multiple access points it provides into mountain areas and Indigenous communities.
