李縣長拜會移民署 為金門自由行請命

Magistrate Li, Wo-Shi (李沃士) visited the Director-General of the National Immigration Agency (NIA), Xie, Li-Gong (謝立功) to win over (1) simplified procedures for mainland tourists applying for entrance to Kinmen, making it easier and faster for the tourists to acquire a visa for the "extended" one-day travel in Kinmen.
縣長李沃士2日上午拜會移民署署長謝立功，希望爭取簡化大陸各省市至廈門遊客，能「延伸」至金門一日遊的入境申辦手續及發證時效。

Magistrate Li indicated that, according to Xiamen's statistics, the number of tourists from different mainland provinces traveling to Xiamen had reached 30 million last year. If it is possible for 10% of these tourists to transfer from Xiamen to Kinmen, the local business opportunities would be immense (2). This could also facilitate a structural change in Kinmen tourism. Xiamen City feels positive about the proposed Xiamen-Kinmen tour (excluding the possibility of transferring to Taiwan). Magistrate Li said, a "Xiamen Public Security Bureau's Kinmen Travel Visa Center" has been established, and he urged the NIA to cooperate in implementing this new measure.
李縣長指出，根據廈門方面的統計，大陸各省市去年到廈門的遊客達三千萬人次，其中一成如轉到金門旅遊，商機難以估算，也將推動金門旅遊觀光業產生結構性改變。而廈門市對推動廈金遊（不轉赴台灣）相當積極，已建置完成「廈門市公安局赴金旅遊辦證中心」，這項新措施箭在弦上，希望移民署配合。

Yang, Zhen-Wu (楊鎮浯), the Director-General of the county government's Transportation and Tourism Bureau, added that the number of mainland group package tourists (3) who may extend their travel to Kinmen from Xiamen will be limited to 500 daily during the initial stage. No overnight stay will be allowed under this plan, and the travel routes will be designated. Its operation mode will be entirely different as currently pending (4) the "Grand" Self-Guided Tour for mainland tourists to Taiwan and the "Mini" Self-Guided Tour for Fujian tourists who travel in Kinmen, Mazu, and Penghu (5). The applicants for extended tours from Xiamen to Kinmen will be limited to mainland tourists who will stay in Xiamen for 2-3 days. They may use one of these days to apply for a temporary group visa and travel to Kinmen for one day. Because of the time restraint (6) of mainland tourists, the county government has asked the NIA to agree to the implementation of a dual visa application process without modifying the laws. In other words, when mainland tourists arrive at Xiamen, they may apply for the Exit / Entry Permit from both the authorities of Xiamen and Kinmen, and then confirm the success of their application when they enter Kinmen, ensuring they can get a "practical" landing visa and thus enjoy their extended trip in Kinmen. The county government also asked the NIA to loosen the regulations and authorize their branch office in Kinmen to issue the "Temporary Entry Notice" not only to "Division Chief Level" officials, but also to higher level officials such as those officials at the "Deputy Department Level" from China.
縣府交通旅遊局局長楊鎮浯補充表示，陸客至廈門延伸到金門旅遊，初期規劃每天五百人，採團進團出方式、不過夜。而且指定旅遊行程及路線。其操作模式與兩岸正磋商開放的陸客「大自由行」，及福建省遊客至金、馬、澎的「小自由行」，並不相同。廈金延伸性旅遊，申請對象限大陸各省市至廈門暫住二、三天的旅客，利用其中一天臨時團體辦證，來金門一日遊。由於時間短促，因此建請移民署同意實施「雙軌（各自）辦證」，在不涉及修法下，同意於大陸旅客抵廈門時，同時向廈門方及我方申辦證件，再於入境金門時確認，並核發我方的「臨時入境停留通知單」，俾利已取得大陸有效旅行證件者，能以實質「落地簽證」方式，到金門延伸性旅遊。並建請移民署擴大授權金門口岸境管單位得逕予核發「臨時入境停留通知單」的陸方官員，從現行的「科長級」提升至「副廳級」。

Xie, Li-Gong stated that the NIA is going to cooperate fully as long as it can facilitate the development of Kinmen's tourism. Regarding the "dual visa application process" proposed by the county government, Xie said he will seek for timely advice and ask for verification (7) of the Mainland Affairs Council.
謝立功表示，只要能促進金門觀光，移民署會全力配合。有關縣政府所提的「雙軌辦證」、爭取時效的建議，將報請陸委會核示。

【註解】
●1. win over-說服。
●2. immense-(adj)巨大的；無邊無際的；無限的。
●3. group package tourists-團進團出的旅客。亦即團客。也有簡稱為GPT的用法。
●4. pending-(adj)懸而未決的。
●5. 此處原文是指「大自由行」與「小自由行」，因此翻譯時採用Grand與Mini並加上引號，作為對比。
●6. restraint-(n)限制；約束；禁止、控制。
●7. verification-(n)確認；核實；證明。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2011年6月3日報導