2021/03/08 15:47 (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The arrival of the cruise ship Explorer Dream off the coast of Penghu’s Magong City on Monday (March 8) signaled the beginning of this year s tourism season for the archipelago. Penghu is an outlying island county of Taiwan in the middle of the Taiwan Strait. In addition to the island-hopping itinerary of the Explorer Dream, the passenger ship Natchan Rera is expected to begin services between Tainan s Anping Harbor and Penghu on March 19. Meanwhile, nine passenger ships operated by Pescadores Ferry Co. and All-Star Shipping Industry Co. will also begin plying the popular Budai–Penghu route near the end of March, CNA reported.