The Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area Administration said yesterday it will hold a group wedding ceremony at a hotel in the area for nine couples on Sept. 9 to mark the 99th anniversary of the Republic of China's founding.

The Wen Wan Resort at Sun Moon Lake that was built to resemble a cruise ship opened lately, with tourism industry operators touting its gold-gilded “mast” and interior fittings as the latest trend in luxury accommodation.

Sheep-shearing exhibitions are to be resumed at the Cingjing Veterans Farm following the July 24 lifting of a quarantine order on some 300 goats and sheep being raised on the farm in Jenai Township in the central county of Nantou.

Twenty couples, selected from more than 200 people for their compelling love stories, attended a group wedding at Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County yesterday.

A certificate of completion is available to mountaineers after they have succeeded in ascending Yushan peak, the highest mountain on the island, local media reported yesterday.

The Nantou County Government in central Taiwan is scheduled

The number of tourists visiting Sun Moon Lake scenic spots has increased so much this year that it has seriously undermined the sightseeing quality of tourists, according to officials with the Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area Administration.

Another cable car system around Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan is expected to start operation in 2016, officials announced yesterday.

Couples with special love stories about Sun Moon Lake will have a chance to hold their weddings at the scenic area in a group wedding organized by the local tourism authority, officials said yesterday.

Six people, including four elderly Chinese tourists, were injured yesterday in a boating accident at Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan's Nantou County, the Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area administration reported.