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 Dance With the Fireflies in Alishan |
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| 2010-04-23 |
We invite you to protect the fireflies with us.
Typhoon Morakot caused severe damage to the National Alishan Scenic Area on August 8, 2009, and people everywhere have paid attention to the process of recovery construction. One of the most worrisome issues has been the protection and recovery of the isolated major firefly habitat. Tseng Han-chou, Director of the Alishan National Scenic Area Administration, told the press that fireflies had returned to the habitat; moreover, the number of fireflies had increased and their breeding season had come earlier than usual. Therefore he announced that the firefly season of Alishan had opened and he invited tourists to visit Alishan to take part in the firefly season activities. Tseng said that in order to provide different experiences for tourists, the organizers designed some firefly protection activities to remind people of the concepts of environmental protection and treasuring the natural environment. This will give new life to Alishan after the traumas caused by Typhoon Morakot. The campaign will start on March 29 and end on June 30. We invite you to visit Alishan to be a guardian angel of the fireflies.
In order to deliver and communicate to the general public the concepts of sustainable development ecology and the harmonic coexistence of humans and nature, the event organizer invited the popular comedic duo Ken and Natto to perform as campaign advocates. During the press conference, Ken played an entomologist and Natto dressed as a firefly. Through a humorous skit, they highlighted the importance of the protection of fireflies. They also urged the general public to cooperate with the Alishan National Scenic Area Administration to support the action for sustainable environmental protection and to help the firefly breeding to light up the path to protect the environment of Alishan.
In order to provide more chances to observe fireflies for people who want to learn more about firefly protection, the Alishan National Scenic Area Administration has arranged firefly release activities and nighttime tours in Yuantan Ecology Park. These activities are both entertaining and educational and should offer considerable interesting environmental protection knowledge to the attendees. Hopefully, through these arrangements more and more people will join in the preservation of fireflies and take action to enhance the protection of the natural environment of Alishan. As a reward for these activities, tourists who register for the activities will get a “2010 Dance with Fireflies” limited edition i-Cash card. Any tourist who visits Alishan and lodges in any hotel in the Alishan neighborhood will get a free lucky draw ticket during the campaign. The organizer is offering 80 cards every 3 weeks as prizes for the lucky draw. Therefore there will be 400 winners in 5 draws. For detailed information, please visit the website at (http://2010ali-firefly.com.tw) or call the Alishan National Scenic Area Administration at 05-2593900.
In order to encourage non-holiday travelers, tourists will get a free limited edition i-cash card (one room for one free i-cash card) if they lodge in boarding houses that are situated in the following neighborhoods: Rueili (E-Pin-Tea, Ye-jiang-hua Village, Rueili Kettle, Rey Lee Impress Coffee, A Ben’s House, Ruoh Lan Village, Ming Yuan, A-han’s House, Pine Tree), Rueifeng (Ya-fang), Fengchihu (Fengchihu Hotel, Sister Village) and Fengshan (Fengbin Village, Ming-yue Village, Maple Leaf Village, Feng-chi Hotel). Up to 1100 free i-cash cards will be available.
Sustainable development of environmental protection is both our responsibility and honor, and we invite you to protect the fireflies and make them light up the night on Alishan for all time. Hopefully tourists will see their beautiful lights when they visit Alishan year after year.
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