Penghu Hotel Association membership meeting: County Magistrate Lai Feng-wei calls for plastic reduction ⟦4 Speaking on the 30th of last month at the 1st membership meeting of the 18th term of the Penghu County Hotel Business Association, Penghu County Magistrate Lai Feng-wei said that the 2.5-month Penghu International Sea Fireworks Festival attracted 320,000 tourist visits and created 1.8 billion in tourism output value, and that hotel and homestay operators can all feel the clear growth in visitors. In response to remarks online by people opposed to the fireworks and opposed to tourism growth, County Magistrate Lai Feng-wei hoped hotel operators would speak up bravely, support county government policy, cooperate with plastic reduction, and become qualified Green Mark hotels. ⟦5 County Magistrate Lai Feng-wei said that this year's Penghu International Sea Fireworks Festival was successfully transformed, with brilliant fireworks paired with drones, and both visitor numbers and tourism output value reaching record highs. However, some people online oppose the fireworks festival, believing the fireworks pollute the environment, while others believe the growth in tourist visits causes inconvenience to Penghu residents' daily lives. If hotel operators do not speak up in support of continuing the fireworks festival, canceling the fireworks will deal a blow to Penghu's tourism. ⟦6 County Magistrate Lai Feng-wei said that from July 1, public departments, public and private schools, department stores, shopping centers, and chain fast-food businesses may not provide single-use plastic straws to dine-in customers, and the county government will also make plastic reduction the focus of its next policy step. He called on hotel operators to cooperate with the policy, reduce the use of disposable plastic products and reduce waste, and become qualified Green Mark hotels through energy-saving and water-saving measures, lowering tourism's impact on the environment and ecology.

Penghu County Magistrate Lai Feng-wei, speaking on the 30th of last month at the 1st membership meeting of the 18th term of the Penghu County Hotel Business Association, said that the two-and-a-half-month Penghu International Sea Fireworks Festival attracted 320,000 tourist visits and generated 1.8 billion in tourism output value, and that hotel and homestay operators could all feel the clear growth in visitors; in response to online remarks by people opposed to the fireworks and opposed to tourism growth, Magistrate Lai Feng-wei hoped hotel operators would speak up boldly, support county government policy, cooperate with plastic reduction, and become qualified environmentally certified hotels.

Magistrate Lai Feng-wei said this year's Penghu International Sea Fireworks Festival was a successful transformation, with brilliant fireworks paired with drones, and both visitor numbers and tourism output value hitting historic highs, but some people online oppose the fireworks festival, believing the fireworks pollute the environment, while others believe the growth in tourist visits causes inconvenience to Penghu residents' daily lives; if hotel operators do not speak up in support of continuing the fireworks festival, canceling the fireworks would deal a blow to Penghu's tourism.

⟧ Magistrate Lai Feng-wei said that starting July 1, public agencies, public and private schools, department stores, shopping centers and chain fast-food businesses may not provide single-use plastic straws to dine-in customers, and the county government will also make plastic reduction the next key policy priority; he called on hotel operators to cooperate with the policy, reduce the use of disposable plastic items and cut waste, and through energy-saving and water-saving measures become qualified environmentally certified hotels, lowering tourism's impact on the environment and ecology.