Kaohsiung City Liuhe Night Market has the most empty street scene in history, and you can see through the end of the street at a glance. (Photo source: Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News")
China Taiwan Network April 12 The Taiwan epidemic command center recently issued an alarm for 11 popular attractions with a large crowd during the Qingming Festival holiday, and issued new regulations on the 10th. According to Taiwan's China Times, all night markets across Taiwan ushered in their first weekend after the Qingming Festival holiday, and the crowds were in full swing!
Kaohsiung Liuhe Tourism Night Market business plummeted. Zhuang Qizhang, chairman of the Liuhe Night Market Management Committee, pointed out that there were originally 175 stalls in Liuhe Night Market, but now there are only 120 left. During his heyday, there were 20,000 to 30,000 per day, and 50,000 or 60,000 during holidays, but now there are less than 2,000 people regardless of daily holidays, and more than 300 meters from the street to the end of the street, you can even see through it at a glance. There were no guests at the meal time at 6 or 7 pm, and there were more stalls than tourists. The original pedestrian hiking area was simply ignored and allowed to pass by motorcycles. More than 50 stall merchants retreated and a wave of rent refunds broke out. Zhuang Qizhang sighed bitterly, "It's really miserable", this is the first time in more than 60 years.
Taichung Fengjia business district also faces the same dilemma, and the previous weekends of crowded people and cars disappeared. Wang Chaoyi, the chairman of the business district, admitted that during the Fengjia business district's heyday, there were nearly 2,000 stall merchants in the district, and the number of people on weekends and holidays could be set at a record of nearly 80,000 on a single day. At present, the crowd was initially estimated to have decreased by more than 50%, and there were waves of shop collapse and closures one after another. Some businesses lamented that "one day to open and one day to compensate." Wang Chaoyi said that the poor economy and the shrinking number of mainland tourists to Taiwan and the impact of the epidemic have caused the number of incoming passengers to decrease. Now that the store business in Fengjia business district is so miserable, everyone is struggling to hold on. (China Taiwan Network Li Ning)
Source: China Taiwan Network
