Longci Light Festival proves feasibility of for-profit public events, Tainan saysBy Wu Chun-feng and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan’s first-ever for-profit light festival organized by a local government last month netted a profit of NT$6.19 million (US$218,914) from the sale of 168,321 tickets, the Tainan City Government said in a news release on Monday. An installation at the Longci Light Festival in Tainan is pictured on Monday. The bureau’s statistics showed that the district benefited economically from the festival, Chen said. “The popularity of the festival shows that people are increasingly accepting that they should pay to attend art and culture events,” Chen said. The next Longci Light Festival would open in December, the bureau said.

Source: Taipei Times March 05, 2021 15:56 UTC