A survey in the July issue of Global Views magazine named Kaohsiung Taiwan's second most attractive city, and placed it fifth among cities with distinctive architecture; its Love River was ranked second only to Ilan's Tungshan River for its beautiful riversides.
七月份，遠見雜誌「二十五縣市特色競爭調查」中，高雄市名列最有魅力城市第二名，建築風格最獨特第五名，至於愛河則僅次於宜蘭冬山河，被票選為景觀最美河岸的第二名。