POPULAR ANCIENT TRAIL IN TAROKO TO CHARGE ENTRANCE FEES|太魯閣"錐麓古道"絕景遊客多 3/16起要收費

Hualien Taroko National Park's Zhuilu Ancient trail will start charging a NT$200 entrance fee per person after March 16. Therefore many people came to try the 90 centimeter-wide cliff-side trail before that date hwile it is still free. As soon as they heard that the Zhuilu Ancient Trail will soon require an entrance fee, many visitors took advantage of the holiday to visit the Taroko National Park. However, the trail still requires an application for a mountain pass. On weekdays only 96 people a day can enter. On holidays, 156 can enter. Those without passes were blocked at the foot of the mountain. Most support the idea of an entrance fee. ==MS. TSENG visitor== It's really worth paying a fee is it means that this kind of view can be seen, and then there will be management of the site, too. ==MS.ZHOU Singapore visitor == For visitors we want to come and experience your culture, so of course we don't mind paying NT$200 to see the scenery. The Zhuilu Ancient Trail is 10.3 meters long and at an altitude of 765 meters. Due to the terrain it is only 90 centimeters wide. Standing on the edge of the cliff, overlooking the Wuxi Creek valley, people often experience vertigo and cold feet. However, this is also what attracts so many visitors and raises costs for trail management. Taroko National Park decided to collect entrance fees from March 16 and this is the first scenic spot in the park to do so. == CHANG DENG-WEN Taroko National Park Management Office Dep. Dir.== We use the fees to conserve and maintain the site, so after we went through the legal process for national parks form March 16 we will start to charge fees for the site. Visitors are allowed in until 10 am each day. The plan is for NT$200 per person, children from 6 to 12 have half price student tickets and those under six are free. Local indigenous residents are free on production of ID. Visitors are reminded that the trail varies greatly from place to place and the public should consider their health. The trail is not suitable for those with heart problems the pregnant or the weak. It is only open from 7 am to 10 am. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 花蓮太魯閣國家公園的錐麓古道，即將在3月16號以後開始收費一人200元，不少遊客趕在收費前，前來體驗這個寬度只有90公分的懸崖小徑。 一聽說錐麓古道即將收費，不少遊客利用假日紛紛前往太魯閣國家公園，但錐麓古道還是要申請入山登記，平日一天只開放96人進入，假日156人，沒有申請到的遊客只能在山下嘆氣，對於收費大多表示贊成。 ==遊客 曾小姐== 如果說因為收費而能夠 開放那種視野 我覺得是值得的 而且有收費的話就會有管理 ==新加坡遊客 周小姐== 旅客來說 就是我們要來體驗你們的文化 所以就是我們不介意 花200塊來看一下這裡的環境 錐麓古道全長10.3公里，海拔765公尺，因地形險要，平均寬度只有90公分，站在懸崖邊，俯瞰立霧溪峽谷風景，常常讓人頭皮發麻、腳底發涼，但這還是吸引非常多的遊客，讓步道管養經費提高，因此，太魯閣國家公園決定從3月16號開始收費，這也是太魯閣國家公園內第一個收費景點。 == 太魯閣國家公園管理處副處長 張登文== 為了管理維護 以及使用者付費原則 所以我們經過法定程序以後 經國家公園法程序報訂 在3月16號開始 做據點收費 那我們在許可入園以後 會在每天的10點以前 要進入這個步道 而根據規劃，收費標準為一人200元，6至12歲兒童還有學生半價，6歲以下免費，當地原住民則是持證明文件免費進出，提醒遊客錐麓古道落差大，民眾必須考量自己身體狀況，此路段不宜心臟病、孕婦或體弱者進入，且開放時間只有早上7點到10點。 記者 溫嘉楷 花蓮報導