On the 22nd, Changhua County Government held the 2015 Changhua Tourism Development Forum at CK LEE Garden. Changhua County Magistrate Wei Ming-ku attended the function and the County Government invited experts from the industry, public sector and academia to exchange their opinions and foster a tourism policy that is endowed with the unique cultural traits of Changhua. Changhua is a cultural metropolis and experiential tourism has become an important trend in tourism development; in the future, the tourism policy must be adjusted to focus on local culture and in-depth experiential traveling. He expressed gratitude to the scholars, experts and industry operators to come under one roof and contribute their thoughts for the benefit of Changhua, it is hoped that Changhua will become a significant player in Taiwan’s tourism development within the next decade.
The tourism development forum provides a platform for experts from the industry, government and academia to pool their wisdom for the benefit of Changhua’s tourism development and provide an important reference for the County Government’s cultural tourism development strategy in order to develop tourism featuring Changhua’s unique cultural characteristics and protect Taiwan’s exclusive local culture. The County Government is now actively promoting the development of Lukang National Historic Scenic Area, it is hoped that the project will receive support from the central government and various parties. In conjunction with the effective utilization of central government resources, the intension is to launch Changhua’s tourism industry internationally and attract global travelers to visit Changhua, thereby generating the county’s overall tourism development.
The number of international visitors to Taiwan is reaching the ten million mark. However, the flood of cheap Chinese travel groups and despicable one-stop operation by tour operators have prevented the public in Taiwan from reaping the profits brought by ten million visitors. Instead, they have crowded out the citizens’ travel space and quality. On the other hand, Kyoto has been repeatedly selected as the top traveling destination in the world, defeating renowned international cities such as Paris, London and New York; therefore, it is evident that urban experiential traveling with cultural undertone has become one of the most important tourism development trends.
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Source: Changhua County Government Websites