Taipei travel fair to feature domestic cycling tours

Taipei, Sept. 29 (CNA) Taiwan's cycling tourism will take center stage at the 2021
Taipei International Summer and Autumn Travel Expo next month, when 16 of the
country's major bike trails will be highlighted, the organizers said Wednesday.

A theme pavilion, featuring cycling tourism, will promote trails on six major routes
throughout the country, as well as accommodation choices along those paths, said
the Tourism Bureau, which will host the pavilion.

At the annual fair, which will be held Oct. 1-4 at Taipei World Trade Center, visitors
to the cycling pavilion will be offered information about access to the bike trails,
some 800 options for lodging, and 30 popular cycling tours, the bureau said.

The attractions at the cycling tourism pavilion will include fun bike races and prizes,
according to the bureau.

Cycling will not be the only activity showcased at the pavilion, however, as it will also
promote sightseeing bus tours, visits to seven major national scenic areas in Taiwan,
and the attractions of 100 selected small towns around the country, the tourism
bureau said.

The seven national scenic areas include Yunchianan (Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan), Tri-
Mountain, Siraya, the North Coast and Guanyinshan, and Alishan, the bureau said.

Meanwhile, at one of the other booths at the travel fair, the Taiwan Tour Bus
Association will promote 90 itineraries being offered by 20 travel agents, according to
the Tourism Bureau.

The tours will feature themes such as health treatments, historic sites, internet
celebrity check-in locations, tribal culture, and mysterious areas, according to the
bureau.

Other attractions at the travel fair will include a 69 percent discount on

accommodation at the Grand Hotel in Taipei and Kaohsiung, and discounts of up to
50 percent at the hotel restaurants, the bureau said.

Other hotels will also promote special offers, gifts, and rewards for their guests, at
the 2021 Taipei International Summer and Autumn Travel Expo, which will be the first
onsite travel fair in Taiwan since the national COVID-19 epidemic alert was lowered
to Level 2 on July 27, according to the bureau.