The Mid-Autumn Festival in Kenting is crowded with fake people. Merchants have implemented their price tags. Consumer protection officers conduct on-site inspections to confirm that order is good.

The streets of Kenting are packed with people, "The crowds are overtaking the summer vacation". (Photo by reporter Cai Zongxian)

On the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, the Hengchun Peninsula and Kenting areas ushered in the most shocking tourism craze this year! Kenting Main Street is packed with people after dark, and the bustling scene makes the summer vacation weekend craze far behind. Not only were the streets bustling with people, local hotel groups could also see anxious tourists knocking on the group late at night looking for vacancies. The long-lost grand occasion made local business owners who had been bored for several months exclaim: "Kenting is really resurrected!"

Looking back on this summer, Hengchun Peninsula can be said to have gone through many challenges. Hotel and catering operators are happy to say that this summer has seen an unusually high number of typhoons and afternoon torrential rains. The bad weather has disrupted people’s travel schedule and deterred many tourists. Fortunately, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a holiday, and God has blessed us with it. In addition, there will be consecutive holidays in October. The industry players hope that this wave of people will be the strongest booster, driving the overall recovery of occupancy rates, and working together to re-brighten the golden signature of CITS.

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In order to protect this opportunity for tourism recovery, Wu Qingyi, the Pingtung County Government’s Consumer Protection Officer, also personally went to the streets of Kenting during the holidays to spot-check the consumption status of stalls and stores. Wu Qingyi pointed out that the actual on-site inspection found that all stalls and stores clearly marked prices, the overall consumption order was good, and the environmental sanitation was properly maintained. It is obvious that the efforts of the Main Street Management Committee and local merchants in recent years to improve the consumption image of Kenting Main Street have paid off.

However, the Consumer Protection Officer also reminded front-line businesses that when business is booming, they must implement a positive interaction of "confirming the purchase price and consumption intention first" to avoid consumer disputes. Only when the government and the people work together to create a transparent and secure consumption environment can the international travel craze that has finally recovered can continue and usher in a longer-term sightseeing scene.

The streets of Kenting are packed with people, "The crowds are overtaking the summer vacation". (Photo by reporter Cai Zongxian)

Wu Qingyi, the Pingtung County Government’s Consumer Protection Officer, also personally went to the streets of Kenting during the holidays to spot-check the consumption status of stalls and stores. (Photo by reporter Cai Zongxian)