小三通遊台團首度走海上之旅

On April 19, 260 tourists arrived at Kinmen from Xiamen through the Mini-Three-Links arrangement and then boarded Kinmen Ferry around eight at Liaoluo Harbor in the evening that sailed for Taiwan. Since the government permitted Mainland China tourists to journey directly to Taiwan through Kinmen, this is the first Mainland China tourist group that following the Mini-Three-Links pattern took the sea course and night liner.
廈門260位遊客4月19日循小三通由廈門抵達金門後，再改搭乘晚間8時許的金門快輪由料羅港出發赴台，這是政府開放大陸觀光客由金門中轉台灣本島以來，首批全程搭船、經金門循小三通赴台的第一支搭船、夜航的大陸觀光團體。

The 260 Xiamen tourists, who arrived in Taiwan through the Mini-Three-Links arrangement on boat, were scheduled for an eight-day excursion(1) in Taiwan. As members of "Formosa Eight-Day Deluxe Tour" presented by Xiamen Air International Travel Agency, they boarded the Mini-Three-Links ship in the morning of the 19th at Xiamen's Dongdu Pier and set sail(2) for Kinmen's Shuitou Pier. Following a one-day trip, they boarded Kinmen Ferry at eight thirty in the evening at Liaoluo Harbor and headed straight for Taichung Harbor. Kinmen Ferry is scheduled to transport the Mainland group to Taichung Harbor at seven in the morning of the 20th and will return the passengers to Kinmen in the morning of the 26th, who through the Mini-Three-Links will then embark(3) another ship for Xiamen.
首批全程搭船、經金門循小三通赴台的260位廈門遊客，將赴台灣展開八日旅遊，他們係參加大陸廈航國際旅行社推出「寶島台灣八日精緻旅遊」，19日上午從廈門東渡碼頭搭乘小三通客船抵金門水頭碼頭，進行一日遊之後，晚上8時30分改從料羅碼頭搭「金門快輪」直航台中港，「金門快輪」預定20日上午7時左右將大陸團送抵台中港，26日上午原船再將旅客送回金門，再經小三通換船回廈門。

Being less costly, the all-surface(4) trip to Taiwan can be expected to attract more Mainland travelers. Future development of the all-maritime course via the Mini-Three-Links is very promising.
據了解，陸客全程搭船赴台旅遊費用較低廉，預估可吸引更多陸客；全程搭船、經金門循小三通赴台，未來發展空間大。

■1. excursion-(n)短程旅行；或指旅行團。
■2. set sail-發航，出發。
■3. embark-(vi.)上船、登船。
■4. surface-(adj.)水路的；或指陸路的。

資料來源：金門縣政府

本文原載於98年4月20日金門日報，英文版係中文版刪減後進行翻譯