Kinmen National Park explains the contracts with B&Bs and shops and payments to communities
Kinmen National Park has for years actively promoted the repairs and reutilization of ancient houses. Restored ancient houses being used as B&B have been a bright spot in Kinmen tourism. The restoration by the national park of old houses and put them to new use as B&B or stores really bring new life to traditional buildings, improve the appeal of the community, increase job opportunities, and bring money to the community. Such benefits cause an unavoidable increase in the influx of tourists, inconvenience the community, and bring about frictions between community dwellers and operators of B&B and stores. To warm the potentially chilly relationship and to foster harmony, the park established a mechanism in 2011 for the operators of B&B and stores to make payments to the community in which they operate. They are to pay an extra amount that is ten percent of their rent to the community development council. To ensure that such funds are properly used by the communities, Kinmen National Park convened a meeting of community development councils and Association of Kinmen B&B to discuss the use and promotion of such funds. The councils explained in the meeting how they had used the funds. In the spirit of trust, openness, and sharing, the community development councils are to, at the end of their annual work planning and closing, submit their reports to Kinmen County Government and copy Kinmen National Park.