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The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues, but Taiwan's popular spot, Guishan Island, is not affected and will reopen as scheduled on March 1! In order to welcome the annual tourism boom, the Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area Administration (hereinafter referred to as the Administration Office), combined with the Environmental Protection Bureau of Yilan County Government and Environmental Protection Volunteers, Tou Town Office, the First Coast Patrol Team of the North Coast Division of the Coast Guard, The city ’s fishing club, Yilan County Whale Watching Promotion Association and other units, and called on “Friends of the Northeast Corner” fan group netizens, about 450 net beach volunteers to participate in 2/29 Guishan Island net beach activities, in addition to the Deputy Director of Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications Zhou Deputy Director Ting Zhang also came to guide. In addition to appealing to protect the environment, the operators of Yilan County Whale Watching Promotion Association demonstrated how to do a good job in epidemic prevention during the epidemic, hoping to make people come to watch whales and travel to the island with confidence!
The director of the management office, Chen Meixiu, said that the environment around Guishan Island is strictly protected, and the resources of ecology and whale watching are rich, and it is loved by domestic and foreign tourists! Due to the impact of the epidemic, many clusters or indoor spaces are questionable and disturbing. Due to the total number of people in Guishan Island, coupled with the high temperature of the ocean and outdoor air circulation, and the shipowners are required to do a good job of epidemic prevention, Guishan Island It is a place where people can rest assured when traveling outdoors!
Director-General of Yilan County Whale Watching Promotion Association said that due to the epidemic situation, at least 50% of the tourists compared with the same period last year, the whale watching industry is struggling all day, but in order to make a living and promote the surrounding tourism economy, it was decided as scheduled Sailing, the shipowners have taken the most rigorous epidemic prevention measures for this purpose, including: measuring the temperature of tourists before boarding the ship, providing tourists with alcohol disinfection, and cleaning and disinfection of the interior and exterior of the cabin and life jackets before each daily departure of the ship. Hope to exhaust everything All strength to give tourists confidence!
The clean beach activities of Guishan Island cleared the coastal drifting garbage, and the types of garbage cleared were numerous, including fishing nets, ropes, driftwood, poly dragons, and floats. In about 90 minutes of picking up, dozens of bags were cleared. Full garbage, preliminary estimates: 1,050 kg of artificial garbage; 800 kg of resource recovery such as Baote bottles, beverage cans, etc .; 900 kg of marine waste such as floats, fishing nets, etc., which shows the seriousness of the marine garbage pollution problem. I hope that through this event, we will awaken the public's awareness of conservation and try our best to maintain the natural appearance of the ocean.
Volunteer Zhang Xiuru said that it was unexpected that there were so many inexplicable rubbish. It felt like another horrible "outbreak." Especially seeing plastic dolls, tires, gas buckets, safety helmets ... It was even stupid. It was too unethical. In the process, although the hands and feet were weak, they all felt meaningful and very fulfilling!
According to the management office, in order to protect the ecological resources of Guishan Island, the island will be closed from December to February every year, and a total amount of control will be adopted to open the tour from the beginning of March to the end of November. 1,800 tourists will be on the island every day. Academic research ascended the island with 500 tourists, and the highest 401 height, it is limited to only 100 places per day to reach the top! For information on whale watching and landing on Guishan Island, please contact the Yilan County Whale Watching Promotion Association 03-9770606 for an appointment, or visit the Northeast Cape Tourism Information Network and the "Friends of Northeast Cape" Facebook fan page for inquiries.
