Taking advantage of a month without typhoons, more tourists visited the outlying Green Island in July than in any month in history, according to the East Coast National Scenic Area Administration. 'On weekend or holiday nights, people could hardly move among the crowds on the streets of Nanliao Village, ' said Yi Ming-chao, the director of the Green Island administration office. Yi attributed the strong numbers to the economic recovery along with the combination of hot weather and the absence of typhoons, which made Green Island's water activities more attractive to visitors. According to the administration, a total of 78,338 tourists visited the island in July, an average of roughly 2,500 per day, with 5,000 arriving on July 10 alone. Tourists have often been kept away from Green Island during the summer by the threat of typhoons. When typhoons hit the area, ferries connecting Green Island and Taitung County on Taiwan's southeastern coast are suspended for at least three days. 