On the first day of the Qingming Festival, more than 6,000 tourists took boats from Chiayi to Penghu.

(Photo by reporter Cai Zongxun)

[Reporter Cai Zongxun/Report from Chiayi] More than 6,000 tourists took a boat from Chiayi Budai to Penghu on the first day of the Qingming Festival. The waiting room of the visitor center was almost full. Although it suddenly changed to rain, it did not affect everyone's good interest in traveling. They were only worried about seasickness due to the wind and waves at sea, but most of them came prepared and said in unison that they had already taken seasickness medicine, boarded the boat and took a rest before arriving in Penghu, where they could have a happy vacation.

Zheng Junhua, Director of Budai Management of Taiwan Port Corporation, said that the Budai Penghu Blue Highway set sail on March 24, and the scheduled flights on the first day of the Qingming holiday were already full. The voyage departed from the port, carrying a total of 6,083 passengers. The earliest overtime ship was "Mantianxing No. 2" at 7 am, and the latest overtime ship was "Blue Magpie Ship" at 1:45 pm. Among them, "Blue Magpie Ship", "Triumph 8" departed 3 voyages each, and tomorrow there will be 7 voyages with a total of 2,680 passengers. The total number of inbound and outbound trips during the Qingming holiday is 22,131, ushering in the first wave of peaks this year.

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A tourist surnamed Li from Taichung said that this time, the whole family of five people went to Penghu together. They originally planned to take a plane, but it was hard to find a ticket. I heard that the boat ride from Budai to Penghu only takes 70 minutes. Yu was too sad, so he bought a ticket through a travel agency. Although the weather is a bit rough today, and the sea is rough, but with the mood of sailing happily, he will soon be able to enjoy Penghu.

The shipping company pointed out that due to the impact of the front, the wind and waves in the Bupeng sea area today are about magnitude 6, which is a bit heavy, and it also affects the sailing time, which may increase from the usual 6 to 70 minutes to about 80 minutes.

Tourists board the boat in sequence and travel from Chiayi Budai to Penghu.

(Photo by reporter Cai Zongxun)

The waiting room of the Budai Port Visitor Center is full of passengers.

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Tourists waiting for boarding outside the waiting room of the Budai Port Visitor Center.

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On the first day of the Qingming holiday, the "Blue Magpie Ship" made three voyages.

(Photo by reporter Cai Zongxun)