{"id":244297,"date":"2026-05-26T20:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244297\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T20:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:00:44","slug":"night-tours-of-queens-head-to-open-on-june-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244297\/","title":{"rendered":"Night tours of Queen\u2019s Head to open on June 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Shelley Shan \/ Staff reporter<\/p>\n

Night tours of the iconic Queen\u2019s Head rock formation (\u5973\u738b\u982d) at Yehliu Geopark (\u91ce\u67f3\u5730\u8cea\u516c\u5712) are scheduled to begin on June 28, featuring immersive projections designed to enhance the experience.<\/p>\n

The Tourism Administration, which has hosted the tours annually since 2018, has promoted them as a flagship tourism event for international visitors.<\/p>\n

The rock formation attracts travelers from around the world because of its resemblance to a queen\u2019s head.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of the Tourism Administration via CNA<\/p>\n

The \u201cneck\u201d area of the formation becomes thinner each year due to weathering effects, which some worry could lead to its \u201cdecapitation.\u201d<\/p>\n

CNN in August 2016 reported that the park\u2019s terrain resembles something from another planet, saying that \u201cthis is the closest you\u2019ll get to Mars on Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The agency has worked with artists and students, and this year, it collaborated with the Administration for Digital Industries to gather ideas from the public on how to enhance the quality of the visual presentation during the tour, such as by combining unique rock formations with light projections.<\/p>\n

The park has evolved into a must-see tourist attraction, Tourism Administration Secretary-General Huang I-cheng (\u9ec3\u6613\u6210) said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe park has drawn tourists from South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n

It has received numerous accolades, with last year\u2019s tour winning a 2026 German Design Award in the \u201cExcellent Communications Design Event\u201d category and a gold award at the 2025 TITAN Innovation Awards in the \u201cInnovation in Campaign \u2014 Event Campaign\u201d category, while the 2023 Yehliu Night Tour event won a MUSE Design Award in \u201cLighting Design \u2014 Landscape Lighting\u201d and the 2024 event won a MUSE Creative Award in the \u201cEvent \u2013 Public Event\u201d category, demonstrating the quality and innovation of the tours, he said.<\/p>\n

Yehliu Geopark is visited by about 1.7 million tourists each year, with 34 percent from South Korea and 23 percent from Japan and Southeast Asia, North Coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area Administration Acting Director-General Wu Chien-chih (\u5433\u5efa\u5fd7) said.<\/p>\n

International visitors who purchase tickets for this year\u2019s night tours are eligible for a limited-edition souvenir if they present their passports, Wu said.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Queen\u2019s Head, the tour would feature the Cute Princess rock formation (\u4fcf\u76ae\u516c\u4e3b), which resembles a woman with a ponytail.<\/p>\n

The tour would be available daily from 6:30pm to 9pm from June 28 to July 12, the Tourism Administration said.<\/p>\n

The number of visitors is capped at 3,000 each night, who would be assigned a time to enter the park, at either 6:30pm or 7:30pm.<\/p>\n

Tickets are to go on sale at noon on Monday next week. People can visit the Yehliu Night Tours Web site at https:\/\/yehliu-nighttours.tw for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Shelley Shan \/ Staff reporter Night tours of the iconic Queen\u2019s Head rock formation (\u5973\u738b\u982d) at Yehliu…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123,30978,30977],"class_list":["post-244297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-the-taipei-times","tag-30977"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}