At the south entrance of Daqingshui Tunnel at 159.3 kilometers away from Suhua Highway on Taiwan Line 9, a landslide occurred at 11:55 in the middle of the night on the 11th, interrupting both directions.

(Picture courtesy of Highway Administration)

[Reporter Chen Xinyu/Taipei Report] The south entrance of the Daqingshui Tunnel collapsed on the 11th at 159.3 kilometers from the Suhua Highway on Taiwan Line 9. The goal is to rush through it at 5 pm on January 15. Hualien hotel operators said that this weekend is the off-season for accommodation due to the upcoming Chinese New Year. Originally, the booking rate was about 60%, but we have received inquiries from tourists one after another. The current cancellation rate is about 10%, and it is estimated that the weekend booking rate will drop to 30% to 40%.

The Spring Festival schedule has received many inquiries from tourists, but they all tend to wait and see and not cancel.

Hualien County Hotel Association Chairman Zhang Yuhan said that about 10% of passengers have canceled their reservations for the weekend accommodation; for the Spring Festival, tourists are still waiting to see if they can make it through next Sunday (15th) scheduled by the General Administration of Highways. , it is estimated that passengers will make a decision at the last minute.

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The 10-day Spring Festival holiday has indeed received many inquiries from the public, but there has been no wave of postponements or cancellations.

She also recalled that there was a large wave of unsubscriptions due to traffic or natural disasters, which was the 0206 Hualien earthquake in 2018.

Gao Quanjie, chairman of the Taitung County Hotel Association, said that the current situation of cancellations including weekends and 10-day holidays is good. Since it is the off-season and trains are still available, the check-out situation of hotels in Taitung is still not obvious. The schedule seems to be almost full from the first day to the sixth day, and the booking rate is about 80% to 90%.