Penghu County Government has continually issued warnings to members of the public against entering the Siji Islet Blue Cave, under the control of the South Penghu Marine National Park. Unscrupulous businesses are still sending out tourist boats to the cave and illegally taking tourists snorkeling there. After someone took photographs and tipped-off the authorities, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries has said it will crack down on offenders through prosecutions under the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act. The maximum penalty under the act is a prison sentence of up to five years and an additional fine of up to NT$1 million.
The Siji Islet Blue Cave recently shot to fame after it was opened up to the public. However there was an initial mad rush of tourist boats competing with each other to take tourists into the cave, engage in snorkeling and other water-based activities. This not only resulted in a dangerous situation of people and boats fighting for space in the passage of water around the cave, but some tourists, unfamiliar with local currents, were carried out to sea. The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, concerned that the image of tourism in Penghu cannot afford to be tarnished by any accidents, is levying strict punishments, hoping this will put a stop to the chaotic scenes, and get tourism at the Blue Cave back on the right track.
(Liberty Times, translated by Edward Jones)
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列入南方四島國家公園轄區的西吉嶼藍洞,澎湖縣政府三令五申不准進入,但仍傳出不肖遊艇業者,非法載客進入浮潛,遭人拍照檢舉。農漁局表示將依文化資產保存法嚴懲,最重依法處五年以下有期徒刑得併科百萬元以下罰金。
近來聲名大噪的西吉嶼藍洞,由於開放初期亂象,遊艇爭相載客進入,從事浮潛等水上活動,不僅出現人船爭道的危險鏡頭,部分遊客更因不諳當地強烈水流,曾被捲出外海。由於澎湖觀光形象禁不起意外發生,因此農漁局祭出重罰,希望遏阻亂象,導正藍洞旅遊模式。(自由時報記者劉禹慶)
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