By MOOK Scenic Spots Home, compiled and reported
Double-decker sightseeing buses have become a new highlight of Taiwanese tourism since their launch, attracting many foreign visitors and drawing global attention. Now, to celebrate the first anniversary of the service, the Taipei City Government has introduced a range of attractive offers for both domestic and international tourists. These include adjusting schedules and prices in line with attraction operating hours to enhance value for money, as well as significantly boosting marketing efforts to raise awareness of the double-decker sightseeing bus service.
Taiwan’s distinctive double-decker sightseeing buses have caught the attention of many foreign tourists and are now celebrating their first anniversary. Schedules and prices have been adjusted in line with attraction operating hours to enhance value for money (Photo / MOOK Scenic Spots Home Street Photography Team)
The double-decker sightseeing buses operate on a blue line (to the National Palace Museum) and a red line (to Taipei 101). Over the past year, they have gradually gained recognition in overseas markets. The Taipei double-decker sightseeing bus routes pass by major attractions such as Taipei 101, the National Palace Museum, Ximending, the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Yongkang Street, and the Shilin Official Residence, also driving substantial tourism business.
Over the past year, the double-decker sightseeing buses have not only gained overseas recognition but also driven significant tourism business in Taipei (Photo / MOOK Scenic Spots Home)
Now, following the first anniversary of the service, adjustments have been made to the double-decker sightseeing buses to respond to passenger demand by increasing or decreasing the frequency of services. The red line will add a bus every half hour at 4:30 PM, with the last bus moved up to 8:00 PM, ensuring all passengers have time to visit the Taipei 101 Observatory, which closes at 10:00 PM. Additionally, the price of the original one-day ticket has been reduced to NT$600 in response to shorter daily operating hours. To stimulate sales, a promotion has been launched offering a free aluminum alloy mini car (valued at NT$350) to each passenger who purchases a one-day ticket before the end of January, further enhancing the value of the improved double-decker sightseeing bus service.
One-to-twenty-five scale model aluminum alloy mini car of the double-decker sightseeing bus (Photo / Taipei City Government Department of Information and Tourism)
In addition, to encourage Taiwanese travelers to take the double-decker sightseeing buses, special single-ride fare discounts for locals have been introduced. Simply showing an ID allows for a single ride at NT$150. Seniors aged 65 and above, children aged 6 to 12 (inclusive), enjoy a half-price discount of NT$75, and children under 6 can ride for free, providing a new family travel option. In addition to cash, the bus offers nine payment methods including major credit cards such as VISA and MasterCard, EasyCard, iPass, and cash, making ticket purchasing more convenient.
The double-decker sightseeing buses have adjusted their schedules and prices to give passengers more sightseeing time and convenience, and have also launched small promotions to stimulate sales (Photo / MOOK Scenic Spots Home)
This comprehensive adjustment of the double-decker sightseeing buses not only introduces more优惠 content and improves the quality of the sightseeing experience but also previously launched a real-time translation app for Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Malaysian passengers to use on board. It is also planned to update the Thai audio guide inside the bus in February, making it the fifth language version after Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean.
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