Taiwan Hot Air Balloon Festival is one of the biggest events in summer. This year, 2016, Taiwan Hot Air Balloon Festival took place in Luye Gaotai, Taitung. Thirty-one hot-air balloon teams from 14 countries join the days of competition during the festival.

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Bristol hosted Europe’s largest ballooning event, an amazing spectacle and free event for the whole family in August 2014. Dozens of hot air balloons have taken off from the Ashton Court estate as part of the 36th annual Bristol Balloon Fiesta. Around half a million people from across the country and beyond flock to Bristol for the Fiesta over four days each August.

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