Staff writer, with CNAThe Tourism Bureau yesterday unveiled 40 recommended itineraries for alpine travel in Taiwan as the centerpiece of its campaign to market this year as the Year of Mountain Tourism. The bureau released extensive itineraries for seven mountain areas and 33 shorter itineraries. The two major itineraries in the north include Yangmingshan National Park, Yilan County’s Taipingshan Forest Recreation Area, and the Hsinchu-Miaoli area, featuring Dabajianshan (大霸尖山) and the Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area. One features Hehuanshan (合歡山) and Taroko National Park, one covers Chilai Mountain (奇萊山), Aowanda National Forest Recreation Area and Sun Moon Lake (日月潭), and the third encompasses Yushan (玉山) and the Alishan National Forest Recreation Area. The seven main routes each take about seven days to complete, and they start and end at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the bureau said.
