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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