Maolin National Scenic Area http://www.maolin-nsa.gov.tw RSS >Copyright 2024 <![CDATA[ Join Taiwan Tour Bus one-day tour to learn indigenous culture and walk the glass bridge! ]]> https://www.maolin-nsa.gov.tw/EN/04005859.HTML The Taiwan Tour Bus of the Tourism Bureau now offers a special one-day tour on indigenous culture and a special glass suspension bridge.  

Tour content: Meeting point → Glass Suspension Bridge (2h) → Indigenous lunch (at an additional fee) (1.5h) → Rinari Tribe (2h) → Liudui Hakka Culture Park (1h) → Going home

For more info, please visit the Taiwan Tour Bus website

]]> 2024-04-26 <![CDATA[ Liangshan Camping Site to charge admission fees ]]> https://www.maolin-nsa.gov.tw/EN/04006031.HTML The Liangshan Camping Site in Majia Township, Pingtung County was entrusted to be managed by the Liangshan Leisure and Recreation Co. on February 5, 2015. From September 17, 2016 on, admission fees will be charged.

The site is open from 08:00 to 18:00 daily. The fees are as follows:

  1. For members of the public, the fee is NT$80 per person on week days and NT$120 per person on weekends and holidays.
  2. Elders who are 65 years of age or older, mentally and physically challenged people, children aged between 3 and 6, and merited volunteers may purchase half-priced tickets.
  3. Free admissions are given to registered Majia residents and children who are younger than 3. An NT$10 insurance fee will be charged as per visitor, however.
  • Liangshan Leisure and Recreation Co.
  • Service hotline: (08)799-3520
]]> 2024-04-26 <![CDATA[ RSS ]]> https://www.maolin-nsa.gov.tw/EN/03000330.HTML What is RSS?

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]]> 2024-04-25 <![CDATA[ “Look! Butterflies!” Enjoy a fun winter trip to Maolin full of butterflies ]]> https://www.maolin-nsa.gov.tw/EN/04007314.HTML Groups of purple crow butterflies have gathered up at Maolin Butterfly Valley, a must-visit destination for winter travel in southern Taiwan. The beautiful insects now quietly await visitors to discover their beauty. This year, tens of thousands of purple crow butterflies come to southern Taiwan on time again to spend their winter here and take a year-end rest. A breath-taking ecological scene this is!

The Administration’s butterfly monitoring specialists and experts of the Maolin Environment Education Center will update daily butterfly status t the festival website, so that visitors can make the plans accordingly for a knowledgeable eco-trip.

Maolin Purple Crow Butterfly Valley is listed as a three-star (top rated) tourist destination on the Michelin Green Guide. It is also a highly recommended place on social media such as TripAdvisor. What’s more, the recently refurbished Maolin Purple Crow Butterfly 3D Audio-visual Center offers brand-new visual experiences. Visitors at home and abroad are all encouraged to immerse in Maoin’s natural wonders.

Travel agencies now offer one-day and two-day tours for visitors to explore indigenous cultures, Baolai hot springs and magnificent purple crow butterfly wintering sites in Kaohsiung and Pingtung. Participants of butterfly-watching package tours can appreciate beautiful dancing butterflies at a close distance.

 
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  • With eight travel routes featuring different elements such as mountains, sea, villages, and indigenous culture

     

  • With eight travel routes featuring different elements such as mountains, sea, villages, and indigenous culture

     

  • With eight travel routes featuring different elements such as mountains, sea, villages, and indigenous culture
  • With eight travel routes featuring different elements such as mountains, sea, villages, and indigenous culture

     

  • With eight travel routes featuring different elements such as mountains, sea, villages, and indigenous culture

     

  • With eight travel routes featuring different elements such as mountains, sea, villages, and indigenous culture

     

 

]]> 2024-02-22 <![CDATA[ The international mouth and foot painter Yang En-dian’s exhibition “Spring Romance” takes place at the Xinwei Visitor Center ]]> https://www.maolin-nsa.gov.tw/EN/04010323.HTML The Maolin National Scenic Area Headquarters, Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), specially invites Artist Yang En-dian to hold an exhibition themed on “Spring Romance”. The exhibition will take place at the first and second floors of Xinwei Visitor Center between January 17 to March 20, 2024.

At this exhibition, Artist Yang En-dian has captured the essence of the Maolin National Scenic Area, portraying its stone slab houses and the purple crow butterfly to evoke a sense of harmony and expansiveness. The Headquarters welcomes everyone to visit this special exhibition.

Reminder：All exhibited artworks are not allowed to be photographed or reproduced.

 

  • The exhibition begins today.

    The exhibition begins today.

  • Artist Yang En-dian demonstrates live painting on-site.

    Artist Yang En-dian demonstrates live painting on-site.

  • Artist Yang En-dian demonstrates live painting on-site.

    Artist Yang En-dian demonstrates live painting on-site.

  • Artist Yang En-dian elaborates on the concepts behind her artworks with the guests.

    Artist Yang En-dian elaborates on the concepts behind her artworks with the guests.

 

]]> 2024-02-22 <![CDATA[ Shopping at Kaohsiung's tourist destinations to receive the Year of the Dragon Lantern, offered in limited quantity. ]]> https://www.maolin-nsa.gov.tw/EN/04010326.HTML he Maolin National Scenic Area Headquarters has collaborated with businesses from the "Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization" to launch the "Shopping in Kaohsiung" campaign during the Lunar New Year holidays. From today until March 1, 2024, those who spend over NTD 200 at a member store of the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization and register their uniform invoice or receipt on the Line Account of the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization will receive a Year of the Dragon lantern, limited to only 500 participants. Participants can also enter a lucky draw to win an electronic vehicle worth NTD 20,000!

This campaign is limited to only 500 participants who register their January-February uniform invoice or receipt issued by a member store of the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization. Each invoice/receipt can only be exchanged for one lantern. The list of member stores of the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization can be found on the official website of the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization.

 

  • Shopping at Kaohsiung's tourist destinations to receive the Year of the Dragon Lantern, offered in limited quantity.

    Shopping at Kaohsiung's tourist destinations to receive the Year of the Dragon Lantern, offered in limited quantity.

  • The Dragon Lantern

    The Dragon Lantern

  • Zhi Bin Chili Bean Sauce

    Zhi Bin Chili Bean Sauce

  • Banana Stamen Honey Lemon Jelly

    Banana Stamen Honey Lemon Jelly

  • Ljaukui Leather Studio

    Ljaukui Leather Studio

  • The Pier-2 art center

    The Pier-2 art center

 

]]> 2024-02-22 <![CDATA[ ]]> https://www.maolin-nsa.gov.tw/EN/04009009.HTML On September 7, 2022, the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization Inaugural Meeting was held by the Maolin National Scenic Area Headquarters of the Tourism Administration, Ministry of Transportation and Communications (hereinafter referred to as Maolin National Scenic Area Headquarters). The Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization was jointly and officially announced to be established by the Minister of Transportation and Communications, the Director of the Tourism Administration, the Vice Mayor of Kaohsiung City, the Director of the Maolin National Scenic Area Headquarters, the alliance leaders of the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization, as well as representatives of various local industry groups and associations.

"Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization" integrates tourism resources of Kaohsiung City and three townships in Northern Pingtung to create a brand of Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization based on the concept of "Mountain - Sea Flow".

The Minister of Transportation and Communications said that Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization can expand the market by integrating marketing and publicity, and that he is looking forward to the future development of the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization, and that the new concepts of green environmental protection and sustainable tourism are the future direction of the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization. With the digital transformation of tourism, combining big data, AI, AR/VR and Metaverse, we can achieve effective and precise marketing. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications would cooperate with all the tourism industries in the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization to set up dedicated websites and tourism maps to promote high-quality tourism and build an international brand.

The Director of Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said that he expects to continue to deepen the development of Kaohsiung's tourism through "branding" and "digital value-added" and to share the fascinating local elements with more domestic and foreign tourists.

 

  • Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization Inaugural Meeting

     

  • "Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization" integrates tourism resources of Kaohsiung City and three townships in Northern Pingtung to create a brand of Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization based on the concept of "Mountain - Sea Flow".

     

  • "Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization" integrates tourism resources of Kaohsiung City and three townships in Northern Pingtung to create a brand of Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization based on the concept of "Mountain - Sea Flow".

     

  • the Minister of Transportation and Communications and the alliance leaders of the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization

     

 

]]> 2024-02-20 <![CDATA[ 2022 Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization Familiarization Trip (Shenshan and Wutai of Northern Pingtung) ]]> https://www.maolin-nsa.gov.tw/EN/04009081.HTML The Maolin National Scenic Area Headquarters, in cooperation with tourism associations and industries, established the Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization to promote tourism in Kaohsiung and the three townships in Northern Pingtung. On September 29, the familiarization trip to the Northern Pingtung area was held, inviting tourism businesses, bloggers, and the media to work together to promote tourism in Kaohsiung and the Northern Pingtung area.

Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization launched 13 itineraries. First, it invited bloggers to visit the Northern Pingtung area, visiting the Wutai Tribe and the Shenshan Tribe to experience the tribal culture.

Entering the "Wutai Tribe", you can enjoy the scenery of the valley and mountains along the way. "The Shenshan Community Development Association of Wutai Township, Pingtung County" provides an in-depth tour guide. Passing through the "Yanban Slate Stone Lane," which is paved with stone slabs and decorated with ceramic pots, you can see totem road signs of "Lily," "Hundred Pace Snake," and "Formosan Clouded Leopard" in the alley. Then you can visit the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in the “Shenshan Tribe”, which is characterized by the features of the indigenous people.

Afterwards, you can visit "CACAO FARM FORMOSA" to see how chocolate is made, enjoy desserts at the restaurant, or take a gift home. The final stop is "V.I.P ZONE" in Pingtung, where you can find unique cultural and creative stores and installations in every alleyway, making it a perfect ending to this journey.

For more travel information, please visit the official website of the Maolin National Scenic Area Headquarters.

  • Wutai Presbyterian Church

    Wutai Presbyterian Church

  • Visiting the Wutai Tribe

    Visiting the Wutai Tribe

  • Indigenous coffee

    Indigenous coffee

  • Hunter's meal

    Hunter's meal

  • Sacred Heart of Jesus

    Sacred Heart of Jesus

  • Indigenous coffee

    Indigenous coffee

 

]]> 2024-02-20 <![CDATA[ 2022 Taichung International Travel Fair ]]> https://www.maolin-nsa.gov.tw/EN/04009122.HTML For four consecutive days from October 21st to October 24th, 2022, the Maolin National Scenic Area Headquarters exhibited and sell Kaohsiung Destination Marketing Organization's indigenous handicrafts and local agricultural products at the 2022 Taichung International Travel Fair held at the Taichung International Exhibition Center, allowing people in central Taiwan to learn more about the characteristics of the scenic spots and the tours within the Headquarters ' jurisdiction.

The Maolin National Scenic Area Headquarters promoted the features of tribal tours in the exhibition area, along with tour brochures. On-site lucky draws and photo-taking and check-in prizes also have been offered.

For more travel information, please visit the official website of the Maolin National Scenic Area Headquarters, or search "Travel Maolin with Fun" for our Facebook fan page to get the latest information on related activities!

 

  • Baoshan Tribe

    Baoshan Tribe

  • Salie handicrafts

    Salie handicrafts

  • Liugui Old Street-Ikeda House

    Liugui Old Street-Ikeda House

  • Local agricultural product

    Local agricultural product

 

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