{"id":53963,"date":"2026-04-20T15:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=53963"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:06:34","slug":"48-of-singaporean-divers-unaware-of-taiwans-dive-offerings-tta-at-adex-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=53963","title":{"rendered":"48% of Singaporean Divers Unaware of Taiwan\u2019s Dive Offerings: TTA at ADEX 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach Newswire<\/a> &#8211; 20 April 2026 &#8211; Most Singaporeans have already ticked off Taipei&#8217;s night markets and Alishan&#8217;s morning mists. But the real discovery is happening 30 metres beneath the surface. At  <b>ADEX (Asia Dive Expo) 2026<\/b> in Singapore, the Taiwan Tourism Administration (TTA) revealed a striking finding:  <b>48% of <\/b><b>surveyed <\/b><b>Singaporean divers were unawared of Taiwan&#8217;s diving offerings<\/b>\u2014and 50% have never dived its waters. (Survey conducted on-site at ADEX 2026, with over 1,000 respondents.) <\/p>\n<p> <b><i>Just over four hours from Changi Airport. Visa-free entry. And almost entirely unexplored by Singapore&#8217;s diving community.<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n<p> To close that gap, the Taiwan Pavilion returned for its second consecutive year, transforming the Suntec Convention Centre into a gateway to Taiwan&#8217;s four major aquatic frontiers. This year&#8217;s headline act:  <b>Green Island (Lyudao)<\/b>\u2014a volcanic gem rising from the Pacific that&#8217;s still well under the radar for most Southeast Asian travellers. <\/p>\n<p> <b>Green Island: Taiwan&#8217;s Most Underrated Dive Destination   <br \/>  <\/b> <br \/> Green Island is not just another dive site. Swept by the warm  <b>Kuroshio Current<\/b>, the island delivers visibility that regularly exceeds 30 metres\u2014a &#8220;liquid glass&#8221; effect that few dive sites in Southeast Asia can match.  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>     <b>The Ancient Guardian: <\/b>Divers can encounter the      <b>&#8220;Big Mushroom,&#8221;<\/b> a living coral structure believed to be over 1,000 years old\u2014a humbling reminder of what the ocean can sustain when left in peace.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>The World&#8217;s Deepest Postbox: <\/b>At the Shilang Diving Area, you can mail waterproof postcards from the world&#8217;s deepest underwater mailbox (11 metres down). It&#8217;s the kind of quirky detail that makes travel worth talking about.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>Dive by Day, Soak by Night: <\/b>Green Island is home to the      <b>Zhaori Saltwater Hot Springs<\/b>\u2014one of the rare seawater hot springs globally. Trading your wetsuit for a poolside soak at sunset is the kind of contrast that turns a trip into a story.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <b>    <br \/>   Xiaoliuqiu: Taiwan&#8217;s Best Island Escape Off the Clock   <br \/>  <\/b> <br \/> Floating off the coast of Pingtung, this compact coral island is one of the few places on Earth where wild sea turtles are so at home, they&#8217;ve practically become locals\u2014surfacing beside snorkelers with an ancient calm.  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>     <b>The Locals Who Never Leave: <\/b>Xiaoliuqiu hosts one of Taiwan&#8217;s densest populations of green sea turtles. With a professional dive guide leading you beneath the surface, an underwater encounter with a creature that has outlived the dinosaurs becomes less a lucky sighting and more a near-certainty.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>Dive by Day, Own the Night: <\/b>When the sun drops, Xiaoliuqiu doesn&#8217;t go quiet\u2014it shifts gear entirely. Night ecology tours reveal a different cast of creatures, and the evening ends not at a hotel bar but around a fire with fresh BBQ seafood under a sky with almost zero light pollution. That&#8217;s the kind of night that still feels real a week later.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <b>    <br \/>   Penghu: The Basalt Archipelago With a Coral Heart   <br \/>  <\/b> <br \/> Anchored in the Taiwan Strait and shaped by seasonal winds that have carved its basalt coastline for millennia, Penghu delivers a version of Taiwan that feels genuinely off-script\u2014ancient, oceanic, and spectacular on its own terms.  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>     <b>The Bridge That Crosses the Sea: <\/b>At nearly 2.5 kilometres, the Penghu Cross-Sea Bridge is the kind of infrastructure that earns its own mythology. Drive it at golden hour, with open water stretching in every direction, and a standard itinerary starts to feel like an expedition.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>Taiwan&#8217;s Best-Kept Secret Island: <\/b>Huching Islet\u2014once named one of the world&#8217;s top ten secret islands\u2014greets visitors with towering basalt columns, cats that outnumber people, and a pace of life that has no interest in catching up with the mainland. It&#8217;s 20 minutes by boat from Magong, and a different world entirely.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>The Double Heart in the Sea: <\/b>At the southern tip of the archipelago, Qimei Island&#8217;s twin stone fish traps curve into two interlocking hearts\u2014built centuries ago by fishermen, now one of Taiwan&#8217;s most iconic images. The rare landmark that earns its reputation without trying.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>The Coral That Grows Back: <\/b>Penghu&#8217;s coral restoration programme lets travellers do something rarer than sightseeing\u2014actively participate in reef recovery, planting coral fragments on underwater nurseries alongside marine biologists. The most meaningful souvenir you can&#8217;t bring home.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <b>    <br \/>   Sustainability: More Than a Trend<\/b> <\/p>\n<p> With 45.8% of surveyed divers aged 25\u201334 expressing strong interest in eco-conscious travel, the Pavilion put sustainable diving front and centre. World-renowned underwater photographer  <b>Yorko Summer<\/b> appeared alongside conservationists  <b>Peggy (TurtleSpot Taiwan)<\/b> and  <b>NT (Penghu Reef Restoration)<\/b> to demonstrate how Taiwan is going beyond tourism rhetoric into genuine marine stewardship\u20143D-printed eco-substrates, sea turtle nesting patrols, and active reef monitoring. Singaporean divers aren&#8217;t just being invited to visit\u2014they&#8217;re being invited to contribute. <\/p>\n<p> <b>World-Class Gear, Made in Taiwan   <br \/>  <\/b> <br \/> The Pavilion also shone a light on Taiwan&#8217;s homegrown dive industry. Brands including  <b>ATMOS, 123 Underwater Lab<\/b>, and  <b>DIVEVERYDAY<\/b> demonstrated that the &#8220;Made-in-Taiwan&#8221; (MIT) spirit extends well beyond electronics and manufacturing\u2014into world-class dive technology ready for Singapore&#8217;s most discerning enthusiasts. <\/p>\n<div>   <i>&#8220;Taiwan offers abundant and diverse travel resources, enabling visitors to experience mountains, ocean, cuisine, and culture within a single short trip.&#8221;<\/i>   <\/div>\n<p> \u2014 Taiwan Tourism Administration, Singapore Office <\/p>\n<p> As ADEX 2026 makes clear, Taiwan&#8217;s dive scene represents one of the most significant untapped opportunities in the Singaporean travel market. For divers looking for somewhere extraordinary\u2014somewhere most of their friends haven&#8217;t been yet, just a short flight away\u2014the Pacific has been keeping a secret. <\/p>\n<p> <b>It&#8217;s time to dive in.<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Hashtag: #ADEX2026<\/p>\n<p>The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/track.media-outreach.com\/index.php\/WebView\/460406\/118699\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach Newswire<\/a> &#8211; 20 April 2026 &#8211; Most Singaporeans have already ticked off Taipei&#8217;s night markets and Alishan&#8217;s morning mists. But the real discovery is happening 30 metres beneath the surface. At  <b>ADEX (Asia Dive Expo) 2026<\/b> in Singapore, the Taiwan Tourism Administration (TTA) revealed a striking finding:  <b>48% of <\/b><b>surveyed <\/b><b>Singaporean divers were unawared of Taiwan&#8217;s diving offerings<\/b>\u2014and 50% have never dived its waters. (Survey conducted on-site at ADEX 2026, with over 1,000 respondents.) <\/p>\n<p> <b><i>Just over four hours from Changi Airport. Visa-free entry. And almost entirely unexplored by Singapore&#8217;s diving community.<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n<p> To close that gap, the Taiwan Pavilion returned for its second consecutive year, transforming the Suntec Convention Centre into a gateway to Taiwan&#8217;s four major aquatic frontiers. This year&#8217;s headline act:  <b>Green Island (Lyudao)<\/b>\u2014a volcanic gem rising from the Pacific that&#8217;s still well under the radar for most Southeast Asian travellers. <\/p>\n<p> <b>Green Island: Taiwan&#8217;s Most Underrated Dive Destination   <br \/>  <\/b> <br \/> Green Island is not just another dive site. Swept by the warm  <b>Kuroshio Current<\/b>, the island delivers visibility that regularly exceeds 30 metres\u2014a &#8220;liquid glass&#8221; effect that few dive sites in Southeast Asia can match.  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>     <b>The Ancient Guardian: <\/b>Divers can encounter the      <b>&#8220;Big Mushroom,&#8221;<\/b> a living coral structure believed to be over 1,000 years old\u2014a humbling reminder of what the ocean can sustain when left in peace.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>The World&#8217;s Deepest Postbox: <\/b>At the Shilang Diving Area, you can mail waterproof postcards from the world&#8217;s deepest underwater mailbox (11 metres down). It&#8217;s the kind of quirky detail that makes travel worth talking about.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>Dive by Day, Soak by Night: <\/b>Green Island is home to the      <b>Zhaori Saltwater Hot Springs<\/b>\u2014one of the rare seawater hot springs globally. Trading your wetsuit for a poolside soak at sunset is the kind of contrast that turns a trip into a story.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <b>    <br \/>   Xiaoliuqiu: Taiwan&#8217;s Best Island Escape Off the Clock   <br \/>  <\/b> <br \/> Floating off the coast of Pingtung, this compact coral island is one of the few places on Earth where wild sea turtles are so at home, they&#8217;ve practically become locals\u2014surfacing beside snorkelers with an ancient calm.  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>     <b>The Locals Who Never Leave: <\/b>Xiaoliuqiu hosts one of Taiwan&#8217;s densest populations of green sea turtles. With a professional dive guide leading you beneath the surface, an underwater encounter with a creature that has outlived the dinosaurs becomes less a lucky sighting and more a near-certainty.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>Dive by Day, Own the Night: <\/b>When the sun drops, Xiaoliuqiu doesn&#8217;t go quiet\u2014it shifts gear entirely. Night ecology tours reveal a different cast of creatures, and the evening ends not at a hotel bar but around a fire with fresh BBQ seafood under a sky with almost zero light pollution. That&#8217;s the kind of night that still feels real a week later.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <b>    <br \/>   Penghu: The Basalt Archipelago With a Coral Heart   <br \/>  <\/b> <br \/> Anchored in the Taiwan Strait and shaped by seasonal winds that have carved its basalt coastline for millennia, Penghu delivers a version of Taiwan that feels genuinely off-script\u2014ancient, oceanic, and spectacular on its own terms.  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>     <b>The Bridge That Crosses the Sea: <\/b>At nearly 2.5 kilometres, the Penghu Cross-Sea Bridge is the kind of infrastructure that earns its own mythology. Drive it at golden hour, with open water stretching in every direction, and a standard itinerary starts to feel like an expedition.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>Taiwan&#8217;s Best-Kept Secret Island: <\/b>Huching Islet\u2014once named one of the world&#8217;s top ten secret islands\u2014greets visitors with towering basalt columns, cats that outnumber people, and a pace of life that has no interest in catching up with the mainland. It&#8217;s 20 minutes by boat from Magong, and a different world entirely.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>The Double Heart in the Sea: <\/b>At the southern tip of the archipelago, Qimei Island&#8217;s twin stone fish traps curve into two interlocking hearts\u2014built centuries ago by fishermen, now one of Taiwan&#8217;s most iconic images. The rare landmark that earns its reputation without trying.   <\/li>\n<li>     <b>The Coral That Grows Back: <\/b>Penghu&#8217;s coral restoration programme lets travellers do something rarer than sightseeing\u2014actively participate in reef recovery, planting coral fragments on underwater nurseries alongside marine biologists. The most meaningful souvenir you can&#8217;t bring home.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <b>    <br \/>   Sustainability: More Than a Trend<\/b> <\/p>\n<p> With 45.8% of surveyed divers aged 25\u201334 expressing strong interest in eco-conscious travel, the Pavilion put sustainable diving front and centre. World-renowned underwater photographer  <b>Yorko Summer<\/b> appeared alongside conservationists  <b>Peggy (TurtleSpot Taiwan)<\/b> and  <b>NT (Penghu Reef Restoration)<\/b> to demonstrate how Taiwan is going beyond tourism rhetoric into genuine marine stewardship\u20143D-printed eco-substrates, sea turtle nesting patrols, and active reef monitoring. Singaporean divers aren&#8217;t just being invited to visit\u2014they&#8217;re being invited to contribute. <\/p>\n<p> <b>World-Class Gear, Made in Taiwan   <br \/>  <\/b> <br \/> The Pavilion also shone a light on Taiwan&#8217;s homegrown dive industry. Brands including  <b>ATMOS, 123 Underwater Lab<\/b>, and  <b>DIVEVERYDAY<\/b> demonstrated that the &#8220;Made-in-Taiwan&#8221; (MIT) spirit extends well beyond electronics and manufacturing\u2014into world-class dive technology ready for Singapore&#8217;s most discerning enthusiasts. <\/p>\n<div>   <i>&#8220;Taiwan offers abundant and diverse travel resources, enabling visitors to experience mountains, ocean, cuisine, and culture within a single short trip.&#8221;<\/i>   <\/div>\n<p> \u2014 Taiwan Tourism Administration, Singapore Office <\/p>\n<p> As ADEX 2026 makes clear, Taiwan&#8217;s dive scene represents one of the most significant untapped opportunities in the Singaporean travel market. For divers looking for somewhere extraordinary\u2014somewhere most of their friends haven&#8217;t been yet, just a short flight away\u2014the Pacific has been keeping a secret. <\/p>\n<p> <b>It&#8217;s time to dive in.<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Hashtag: #ADEX2026<\/p>\n<p>The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/track.media-outreach.com\/index.php\/WebView\/460406\/118699\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-outreach-newswire","category-media-outreach-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}