Taipei Welcomes 20,000 Athletes to the 2025 World Masters Games

Taipei, Taiwan – (NewMediaWire) – October 09, 2023 – The
world’s largest multi-sport participatory event – the World Masters Games,
founded in 1985 in Toronto, will mark its historic debut in Asia in 2025, as it
lands in Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan. The recent World Masters Games
occurred in 2017 but was suspended for 8 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the 14-day games, over 20,000 international athletes are expected to
gather and compete in 35 different sports. Registration opens in February 2024,
the World Masters Games welcomes athletes aged over 30 years old across
different nationalities to compete in the Games and to experience Taipei, a
vibrant city with a captivating history and a strong capacity for fostering
creativity.

According to the 2022 International Congress
and Convention Association (ICCA) ranking, Taipei City ranks 3rd amongst 62
cities in the Asia Pacific region and ranks 25th among cities globally.
Moreover, The New York Times named Taipei one of the world’s 52 best places to
visit in 2023. Taipei is renowned
for its convenience, friendliness, and diversity. Every October, 100,000 people
participate in the Pride March to celebrate LGBTQ+ equality in Taipei. Besides,
Taipei City won the 2023 Crescent Rating “Most Promising Muslim-Friendly
City Destination of the Year (Non-Organization of Islamic Cooperation)”. Taipei
also ranks 4th in the World’s Safest Cities rankings on RankingRoyals, a
well-known statistics website for 2023. Time Out, a British culture magazine,
identified Taipei’s public transportation system as one of the best in the
world.

 “Taipei is home to some of the most diverse
and iconic events all year round, including the Taipei Marathon, Taipei Lantern
Festival, Taipei New Year’s Party, Taipei Floral Festival, Taipei Summer
Festival, Guandu International Nature Art Festival, COMPUTEX, and the Taipei
Cycle. We warmly welcome event organizers to discover Taipei City and hold your
event in Taipei – a smart, stylish, dynamic, convenient, and safe international
city,” said the Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City
Government from Taiwan.

The selection of Taipei City to host the World
Master Games is a testament to the city’s excellent event infrastructure. Over
40,000 accommodation rooms are available across the city and organizers are
spoiled for choice with a vast selection of meetings and event venues. In
addition to traditional venues like the Taipei International Convention Center,
Taipei World Trade Center, and Nangang Exhibition Hall, Taipei City also houses
a selection of unconventional venues that showcase unique cultural elements of
its history and heritage. For example, the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park,
which was formally Taiwan’s first modern tobacco factory has been transformed
into a creative and innovation cluster, with meeting spaces suitable for
hundreds of people. In recent years, the Taipei Performing Arts Center and
Taipei Pop Music Center have become Taipei’s arts and cultural hub. The Taipei
Performing Arts Center was selected by Time Magazine as one of the world’s top
100 attractions in 2021.