Crowds fill up tourist spots as summer vacation winds down

School is starting this week. Now that the local outbreak of COVID has finally subsided, lots of families seized the last weekend of summer vacation to have a good time. Many tourist spots saw a resurgence of visitors over the weekend. At the Taipei Children''s Amusement Park, the cap of 2,400 people was reached in no time. Many parents said that after having been cooped up for more than three months, they had to seize the last chance to play with their kids before the fall semester begins.

Freefalling down the drop tower, both the young and old could not contain their screams.

Despite the scorching sun, everyone was in high spirits. The Taipei Children’s Amusement Park was a happy place in the capital.

Member of public
We were locked up for too long. Now we can finally get some recreation time. School is starting next week, so we’re taking the opportunity to take the kids out.

Member of public
We went to the zoo last week because we made an appointment. I think the crowd control was done very well. There weren’t that many people.

Meanwhile, a long line has formed outside a popular calamari rice noodle shop at Tainan’s Guohua St. People were yearning for the tasty soup.

Similarly, at this popular spring roll shop, hungry visitors descended on the old store. The owner could hardly keep up with demand.

Spring roll vendor
Business has picked up over the last two days with 10 to 20% increase compared with before. But it hasn’t fully returned to the way it was. Business is gradually coming back.

And in Kaohsiung, the popular ice shop at Gushan Ferry Pier saw a throng of visitors even before noon. Lots of families turned up for the ferry heading for Cijin.

With the fair weather and the containment of the local COVID outbreak, people who had been locked up for more than three months seized the last weekend before school to make this summer memorable too.

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