How is Taiwan’s tourism industry surviving its biggest-ever Covid surge?

Before the first weekend in July, Huang Meng-feng of Taipei drove the entire north-to-south length of Taiwan so his children could romp through the sand at Little Bay, a warm-water swimming beach in the resort township of Kenting.

His group of seven travellers picked Kenting because they cannot take overseas holidays without a four-night quarantine period upon their return. The beachside township feels far from Taipei and lacks its urban crowds. Huang also said he believes Kenting offers a safeguard against daily Covid-19 infection rates that have surged into the five digits since mid-May.