PENGHU TO ADOPT APPOINTMENT SYSTEM FOR VISITING SEABED PATH|澎湖 "摩西分海"太夯 擬採"預約導覽"總量管制

Penghu's HuXi Township Kuibi Mountain's 'Moses parting the sea' is a path that appears at low tide. It is a beautiful S-shaped seabed path which attracts many visitors. The Tourism Bureau is worried that too many visitors will impact the ecology. The Penghu National Scenic Area Administration is researching on how to teach the local community to self-manage the area. In the future, it will adopt an appointment system for visitors, with local residents as guides, in order to control the number of visitors to the area. Where the tide is out, an exposed inter-tidal zone winds as an S-shaped trail, glittering in the sun. Visitors love to walk along it to the Kuibu Mountain opposite. Visitors paddle in the water, taking pictures or picking up shells. This is so popular it is now known as Penghu's 'Moses parting the sea'. As it is shared on the Internet more and more, people have gotten to know about it and come to visit. The Tourism Bureau Director-General Chou Yung-hui worried that too many tourists would cause a negative ecological impact. ==KUAN CHUN-JUNG, Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics NTU== The inter-tidal zone is vital to the procreation of marine animals. It's a very important zone, but it is also likely to be polluted by the various construction projects that take place. Ecologists say that the large influx of tourists into the tidal path brings a greater environmental threat than expected. National Taiwan University, Department of Agricultural Economics Professor Jerome Guan says that not just the inter-tidal area but also the land adjacent will suffer an impact from an excess load of visitors. The Penghu National Scenic Area Administration is developing counseling on community self-management of attractions. This will likely be with visits by appointment and with local residents as guides. This method can control numbers and can be combined with local culture. ==LIAO YUAN-LUNG, Director, Penghu Natl. Scenic Area Admin.== We are looking to provide tourism consultation to both Nanliao and Beiliao villages. We hope that by doing so, a certain consensus can be reached in terms of putting a cap on tourist numbers. The PNSAA plans to integrate sightseeing into local residents' lives rather than disturbing them. However, the local residents are mostly elderly fishermen and how to implement the plans needs further consideration. The administration also hopes to attract young residents to return home by creating jobs. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 澎湖湖西鄉奎壁山的"摩西分海"，在退潮時會出現一條美麗的S型海底步道，是不少遊客必去的景點，觀光局擔心，遊客太多將對生態造成衝擊，澎管處正研擬，輔導當地社區自主經營，未來遊客必須採預約制，由居民擔任導覽，也能管控人數。 海水退潮之際，裸露出的潮間帶，蜿蜒成一條S行的步道，在陽光下閃閃發光，旅客迫不急待沿著潮間帶，通往對面奎壁山，也有人踏入水中，拍照或撿拾貝殼，這個已經熱門到自成一個告示牌的澎湖"摩西分海"景點，在網路上不斷被轉傳，遊客暴增，但觀光局長周永暉擔心，遊客太多，恐怕對生態造成影響，而學者分析，大批游客湧入潮間對環境的威脅將超乎預料。 ==台大農經系教授 官俊榮== 潮間帶 它是海洋生物繁育下一代 他們育種很重要 很重要的一個地方 那未來很多相關的施工 可能都會連帶有汙染的效果 學者提醒不只周圍海域，陸上鄰近景點，都會連帶難以負荷超量遊客，澎湖國家風景區管理處則正在研擬，輔導社區自主管理景點，朝"預約式"居民導覽方向規劃，一方面控管人數，一方面能結合在地文化。 ==澎湖國家風景區管理處長 廖源隆== 我們想從體驗觀光的角度 去輔導南寮村和北寮村 我們是希望說透過 跟村民的一些輔導 跟他們取得共識 能夠有一個總量的管制 澎管處計畫，讓觀光融入當地居民生活，而不是打擾，只是當地居民多半是年長的漁民，如何執行有待進一步規劃，澎管處也希望藉能此吸引年輕居民返鄉，創造就業機會。 薛宜家 林志堅 台北報導