Taipei City Government

According to statistics from TaiwanStay, the lodging industry saw new occupancy height in 2017 with 16,255,442 people checking into hotels across the city (+6.67% from 2016).
 
Despite the growth in hotel guests, hotel occupancy rate suffered a slight drop of 1.6% with the addition of more than 3,000 rooms following the opening of 45 new hotels in 2017. The figure suggests that supply is outpacing demand.
 
Regarding the decrease in the number of visitors at some tourist attractions, the Department of Information and Tourism (TPEDOIT) explained that it may be due to several reasons. One of the factors is the change in computation methods. Take Liberty Square for example—only those entering C.K.S. Hall would be counted. Longshan Temple no longer provides visitor statistics since June 2017. Other establishments, such as Beitou Hot Spring Museum and Red House, were closed to the public for renovations.
 
On the other hand, with the continued dominance of independent travels, the ratio of independent to packaged tourists rose 6.57%, from 63.23% in 2014 to 69.8% in 2017. There has also been a notable change in the popularity ranking of most visited attractions, with some of the popular sites seeing an increase in visitors.
 
According to TPEDOIT, 76.6% of passengers using the MRT Ximenting Station are there for sight-seeing purposes. Among them, 41.6% are international travelers. Passenger traffic at MRT Beimen Station also continues to grow due to the rising popularity of tourist attractions in the vicinity.
 
TPEDOIT said it will continue promoting new places of interest and improving tourism quality to accommodate changing tourism trends.