A planned theater featuring natural scenery will be built along eastern Taiwan's coastline to further boost tourism in the underdeveloped area, Hualien County Magistrate Fu Kun-chi said Monday. The proposed site for the arts and culture park is near the coast where the Liwu River feeds into the Pacific Ocean, said Fu as he unveiled the project with playwright and director Stan Lai and architect Kris Yao. The proposed park will feature a theater whose rear wall can open for the audience sitting on 800 rotating seats that will enable them to enjoy the mountain and sea views surrounding the venue. Lai said the spectacular dual view inspired him to come up with the idea of adding rotating seats to the proposed design. The park will be named after the town of Taroko roughly 10 kilometers away that sits at the entrance of the mountain road leading to Taroko Gorge, one of Taiwan's best known tourist attractions that draws 6 million visitors a year, Fu said. The park, which will likely take three and a half to four years to complete, will be developed along green building principles, including the use of rain catchment areas and solar power, Yao said. The project, budgeted at NT$3 billion, will have to go through an 18 months to two year environment impact assessment process, said Hualien County tourism director Chen Yu-chen. The county government cannot finance the project on its own and will have to request funds from the central government and possibly even solicit investment from private enterprises, Chen said. 