The 2025 Taiwan Lantern Pageant got here to a profitable conclusion on February 23. Working from its trial operation on February 7 to its official closing on February 23, the pageant spanned 17 days and attracted over 15 million visits to its two foremost exhibition areas. Moreover, the 13 administrative districts of Taoyuan, which hosted “Echoes of Radiance”, drew greater than 5.3 million visits, bringing the full variety of visits to over 20 million. The pageant generated an estimated NT$27 billion in financial advantages. Regardless of a number of wet days throughout the occasion interval, public enthusiasm remained excessive, with crowds filling every lantern zone, showcasing the success and attraction of the Taiwan Lantern Pageant in Taoyuan.
The 2025 Taiwan Lantern Pageant efficiently concluded, attracting over 20 million visits.
This yr’s Taiwan Lantern Pageant blended custom and innovation, merging tradition with expertise. The 2 foremost exhibition areas—A18 “Main Lantern Exhibition Area” and A19 “Lights Playground”—lined roughly 20 hectares and featured over 300 lantern artwork installations. In comparison with the pageant’s earlier version in Taoyuan 9 years in the past, 2025 Taiwan Lantern Pageant launched fashionable mental properties reminiscent of Pokémon and Assault on Titan, drawing giant crowds eagerly to line up and examine in. The principle lantern, PARADISE, impressed by the infinity image, included AI and movement seize expertise, providing a surprising foremost lantern present. Moreover, for the primary time, a baseball stadium was remodeled right into a lantern zone, that includes the biggest baseball-themed lantern and a concert-grade gentle present. These components created a vibrant “playground” and a joy-filled “wonderland” for each native and worldwide guests.
This yr’s pageant launched fashionable mental properties reminiscent of Pokémon and Assault on Titan, making a whimsical wonderland of sunshine.
Taoyuan Metropolis Mayor Chang San-Cheng highlighted the record-breaking achievements of this yr’s pageant in numerous features. When it comes to transportation, the Taoyuan Airport MRT noticed its highest single-day ridership on February 15, reaching 270,000 passengers, with one other peak of 220,000 on February 22. The 2 highest ridership data within the MRT’s historical past occurred throughout the pageant, demonstrating its sturdy transportation capability. Moreover, for the primary time, the Taoyuan Metropolis Authorities collaborated with Google Maps to offer real-time updates on street circumstances across the pageant, considerably bettering visitors administration.
For the primary time, a baseball stadium was remodeled right into a lantern zone, that includes the biggest baseball-themed lantern, Radiant Ball of Gentle.
Throughout the closing ceremony, Mayor Chang expressed his gratitude to Tourism Administration, M.O.T.C., the Taoyuan Metropolis Authorities workforce, and all taking part organizations for his or her contributions in making the pageant a spectacular and unforgettable occasion. This yr’s pageant was supported by over 4,000 volunteers, in addition to quite a few cops, firefighters, medical personnel, tour guides, shuttle bus drivers, and sanitation staff, all of whom performed an important function because the driving drive behind the success of this annual grand occasion. Mayor Chang emphasised that, as President Lai Ching-Te acknowledged, it was the shut collaboration between the central and native governments that enabled the profitable execution of such a difficult activity. Lastly, he expressed his anticipation for the 2026 Taiwan Lantern Pageant in Chiayi, hoping it’ll mark one other good chapter within the historical past of the pageant.
The Taiwan Lantern Pageant handover ceremony for 2025 and 2026.
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