Executive Yuan Political Commissar Zhang Jingsen (front left) and others went to the Tongli Tribe to inspect the situation of the homestay.

(Provided by Tongli Tribe Self-Help Association)

[Reporter You Tailang/Hualien Report] Located in Taroko National Park, in the Datong Dali tribe of Xiulin Township, Hualien County, more than 20 homestays were punished for advertising because they were illegal; Wu Lihua, a legislator from the Democratic Progressive Party Today, relevant units were invited for a discussion, and it was decided that the Taiguan Office, Hualien County Government, and Xiulin Township Office will form a special counseling team. It is hoped that legal assistance will be provided as soon as possible before June, so that residents and mountain friends can create a win-win situation.

The Hualien County Audit Office of the Audit Department recently discovered that an owner of the Tongli Tribe illegally operated a homestay and advertised. It was transferred to the County Government Tourism Office for investigation and was fined 30,000 yuan for violating the development of tourism regulations. A few days ago, he made a complaint to legislator Wu Lihua. Today Zhang Jingsen, political commissar of the Executive Yuan, Taiguan Office, Tourism Bureau, county government, and township office were invited to discuss with the tribal people, and hike up the mountain for survey.

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Li Huilian, president of the Tongli Tribe Self-Help Association, said that the residents all hope to receive mountain friends legally, but the houses in the mountains are shabby and the application threshold is too high. They hope that the competent authorities will provide assistance, simplify the process, and provide single-window counseling to legalize it.

Chen Yongnan, Section Chief of the Tourism Industry Section of the County Government Tourism Office, said that the current regulations require a building use license or a legal housing certificate to apply for a homestay. Issuance of homestay registration certificates.

The Taiguan Office stated that the tribe is located in the general control area of ​​the park, so it is no problem to use it as a homestay. It will be based on the construction certificate before the regional plan was identified in 1011. If it is added or rebuilt, it can also apply for a building permit, and the water and water conservation part. Ask the county government for assistance.

Political commissar Zhang Jingsen said that the government should not adopt the same homestay standards as those in urban areas in promoting the open forest policy, and suggested that the Tourism Bureau review the homestay standards; when building mountain houses in national parks, they should cooperate with the aborigines. If there is a need, I hope that the Taiguan Office will try its best to prepare funds for assistance.

Legislator Wu Lihua finally made a resolution to assist local legalization in the form of ad hoc projects in the short term. In the long term, she hopes that the National Park will help the buildings on the mountain to become legal mountain houses, provide repair subsidies, and climbers can have a more comfortable environment; The mountain house service provides a legal application mode for different regional conditions.