李縣長接受大陸中央電視台專訪 陸客自由行金門準備好了

Reporters of Society Division, R & D Center, CTV, Zhou, Kun (周琨) and Zhang, Xue-Song (張雪松) arrived in Kinmen for conducting journalism yesterday. They also interviewed Mayor Li, Wo-Shih exclusively for discussing the Independent Mainland Tourism and Kinmen County's major tourism propaganda themes.

In respect of the interview subjects, non-Fujian provincials with short-term residence permission in Xiamen qualifying for independent travelling to Kinmen and tourists stampeding (1) into Kinmen immediately, County Mayor Li, Wo-Shih expressed that all measures have been arranged comprehensively based on the proficiency arising from handling the "Mini-Three-Links Transportation" in the past decade.

Mayor Li also indicated that the daily quota of 500 tourists for the aforesaid non-Fujian provincials with short-term residence permission in Xiamen is just another extension regulation enacted according to the "Regulations Governing the Trial Operation of Transportation Links". Kinmen has already hosted the mainland tourists applicable to such the Regulations since year 2004 with significant administration experiences. With the total cumulative (2) inbound tourists topping 200,000 person-times, Kinmen County has learnt lots of expertise. Such the latest regulation targeting on the non-Fujian provincials in Xiamen has already become effective since June 13th, 2011. There have already accumulated 26 tour groups and 491 passenger-times in Kinmen as of June 21st. For offering good tour services to those mainland tourists with temporary residence permission in Xiamen, has already convened local tourism service providers jointly to propose and launch 3 tour packages classified in either standard itinerary or standard prices. Meanwhile, County government will inspect the local service providers randomly. Every passenger of the initial arrival tour groups has been gifted with 1 set of facial care masks and can get 1 bottle of Kinmen Memorial Liquor free of charge for every spending NT$1,000 in Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor Inc.

County Mayor Li emphasized that Kinmen has accumulated abundant experiences for handling inbound mainland tourists since the promulgation (3) of the trial operation of "Mini-Three-Links Transportation" in the last 1 decade since 2001. Especially, Kinmen has started hosting the Fujian-provincial tourists since year 2004. Compared with other counties and cities in Taiwan, Kinmen has accumulated abundant knowhow for serving the inbound mainland tourists. Kinmen County has edited pretty enriched travel propaganda for the purpose of offering the best services to the independent mainland tourists.

County Mayor Li stated it is a pity that for those DIY mainland tourists targeting on "Prime Freely Traveling" in Taiwan mainland, Kinmen could exploit pretty business opportunities as Kinmen is a just a transit spot. Such remote islands as Kinmen, Matsu and Penghu can only be benefited by the "Mini-Scale DIY Mainland Tourism" or making Kinmen an extension scenic spot of Xiamen by further expanding the freely DIY traveling without confining to the only Fujian provincials tourists.

County Mayor Li, Wo-Shih also asserted that both sides remain in the tendency of ever-increasingly political relationship improvement, tourism freedom and convenience, free economy in conjunction with exchanging cheaper commodities, intensifying the Kinmen-Xiamen Metro Circle. He sincerely welcomes all mainland tourists traveling and shopping in Kinmen. Mayor Li also recommends trial-drinking and shopping the globally-famous Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor definitely with value in rewards much than expectation.

【註解】
●1. stampede-(vt)指人群蜂擁而至。
●2. cumulative-(adj)累計的。
●3. promulgation-(n)公布。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2011年7月25日報導