Businesses in Taipei tourist area refocus amid visitor slumpBy Yang Hsin-hui and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerBusinesses in Taipei’s Shilin Night Market are planning to shift their focus to catering to students, after several businesses closed amid plummeting visitor numbers, the Taipei City Government said. Many businesses in the area are increasingly offering products and services to students at the area’s several schools and universities with a total of more than 100,000 students, Chen said. Photo: Yang Hsin-hui, Taipei Times“We are planning a management system for market vendors. The system would include a designated area for their stalls,” he said, adding that it would also include measures to increase pricing transparency. It is also working with the businesses to promote the area for domestic tourism, he added.

Source: Taipei Times March 13, 2021 15:56 UTC