Changhua County Government has proposed the “Qingshui Forest and Happy Southeast Cape” project, with “Qingshui Boy Scot Campsite” as its core base, resulting with the subsidization of NT$200 million from the “Cross-zone Highlight Project,” Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communication. A press conference was held in the morning of 15th at the Coffee Gallery at 6F of Changhua County Government Building. In the future, the county government will construct a happy camping site that “suits people from 0 to 99 years old; from individual to groups; from dawn to dusk, during which people can explore, get close to nature, and wander deliberately in order to search for their own DNA.” It simply aims to flip over the tourism of southern Changhua.
On this occasion, Changhua exceled among 16 towns and cities to win the NT$200 million subsidy primarily due to its ideal location of “Qingshui Forest and Happy Southeast Cape.” With a huge hinterland of 10 hectares, it is just 5km from the Changhua HSR Station and 3.5km from TRA Shetou Station and Tianzhong Station. In addition, Changhua County Government has invested NT$200 million to build hot spring facilities on 1 hectare of land beside this site. Moreover, the most complete boy scout campsite and training ground is preserved in this zone. Surrounded by the scenic spots as Baquashan National Scenic Area with easy access paths and ecological education center. Completed with local featured resources and industries, such as the sock industry in Shetou, and guava planting, with exciting featured activities like “Quashan Bug Season,” “Tianzhong Marathon,” “Shetou Socks Festival,” “Eagle Flies around Baqua,” and more. With all these attention seeking appeals, no wonder it has earned the subsidization from the Tourism Bureau!
In addition to constructing a comfortable and considerable campsite, the county government will also plan to build a parent-child recreation zone, forest adventure zone, and garden lodging zone, and more for the enjoyment of visitors. Together with the hot spring zone in this site, it makes flipping over southern Changhua tourism more than a slogan. At present, the county government has signed the MOU with Tri-mountain National Scenic Area. In the future, both parties will exchange and collaborate the natural ecological and sightseeing resources along the Baqua Mountain range. The project is scheduled to be complete in 2018. It welcomes the private sector to join this project in order to construct a happy and eye-catching “Qingshui Forest.”
Source: Changhua County Government website