Holiday hotel booking highest in ChiayiSPEND LOCAL: Domestic travel spending reached NT$515.8 billion in 2024, a more than 30 percent increase from 2019, and is expected to continue growing this yearBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterChiayi City, Miaoli County and Tainan have higher average hotel booking rates during the Lunar New Year holiday than other administrative regions, the Tourism Administration said yesterday. The average hotel booking rate nationwide is 38.33 percent. Photo courtesy of the Alishan HotelAll three regions usually have higher booking rates during the holiday, with Chiayi also receiving tourists visiting Alishan Forest Railway and other areas, the agency said. The average rates also exceeded the national average in New Taipei City, Taichung, and Nantou, Chiayi and Taitung counties. Hotel booking rates in most cities and counties are higher from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, agency data showed.
