Local environmental groups have said that the surge in tourists has exceeded the island’s estimated environmental carrying capacity of 15,000 people. Tourists walk on a path known as “Moses Parting the Sea” in Penghu County on Saturday. People line up outside a popular breakfast shop in Magong on Sunday as tourists swarm Penghu County during summer vacation. Penghu County Government statistics showed that the island received about 12,000 travelers per day. Eighty percent of the transit passengers were Southeast Asian travelers headed to the US and Canada, airport statistics showed.

Source: Taipei Times July 21, 2020 15:56 UTC