Pingtung’s Manzhou regulates four-wheelers in Taiwan first
Pingtung’s Manzhou regulates four-wheelers in Taiwan first
2025-09-17
To effectively regulate all-terrain vehicles, the Manzhou Township Office in Pingtung County enacted a local ordinance last year that resolved issues concerning land use. It also presented a plan to the local and central governments to finally manage the operation of ATVs. The rules will come into effect this year, making Manzhou the first place in Taiwan where people can legally drive beach buggies.
When riding a four-wheeler along the flat coastline, you can enjoy the beauty of the Pacific Ocean lapping ashore beneath clear blue skies. And if you encounter an obstacle, you can cross directly over it.
This is Jiupeng Beach in Pingtung’s Manzhou Township. A tour service came to explore the area, because at the end of the year, it is to be the first place in Taiwan to legally regulate the use of all-terrain vehicles, or ATVs.
Voice of Ku Jung-fu
Manzhou Township Mayor
You can use ATVs to tour beaches. The first place in Taiwan to propose a business plan for ATVs was here in Manzhou, and the county government followed suit.
To effectively manage the haphazard use of ATVs, the Manzhou Township Office spent two years applying with the forestry agency to rezone 27 hectares of land for the purpose. Last year, it also passed a local ordinance and submitted a business development plan with the county government to finally regulate the use of the vehicles. The office proposed that two people can share a buggy, with a two-hour tour costing NT$3,000 and limited to 20 people total. Tours would lead participants to explore hidden areas, like the “Eye of the Jungle.”
Chu Chin-nan
Gangzai Village chief
It takes people to explore hidden gems. Really beautiful places. Like the Eye of the Jungle. We call it the “Eye of the Jungle.” It’s really great.
Liu Yu-ling
Pingtung tourism management chief
The Manzhou Township Office proposed a business plan and received approval from the Ministry of Agriculture’s forestry agency. The Cabinet also agreed to rezone the land and is currently processing the change. The county government is optimistic about the office’s plan to integrate ATV use with ecotourism.
The county government also emphasized that the ordinance includes clear rules regarding helmet use, age restrictions, production certification, maintenance, insurance, and more, with contraventions subject to fines. It urged businesses to comply with the new rules, in order to protect their hard-earned right to use the vehicles.
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全台首例! 滿州沙灘車結合生態遊程納自治條例
2025-09-17
為了有效管理沙灘車，屏東滿州鄉公所去年訂定「自治條例」，解決土地問題，同時向地方和中央提出計畫，終於將沙灘車合法化，預計今年就能上路，成為全台第一個合法的沙灘車場域。
騎著沙灘車，馳騁在平坦的沙灘上，沿著海岸線一路前行，欣賞太平洋海天一色的美景，遇到海水阻斷，還能直接橫越。
這裡是屏東滿州的九棚大沙漠，旅行社踩線團先來探路，因為年底這裡將成為全台第一個合法的沙灘車場域。
[[聲源：滿州鄉長 古榮福]]
“沙灘車它可以導覽沙漠的生態，全國第一個提出來沙灘車的經營，是我們滿州鄉，然後縣政府跟進。”
為了有效管理沙灘車亂象，滿州鄉公所花了2年時間，向林務局爭取撥用27公頃土地使用，同時在去年底訂出 「自治條例」，向屏東縣府提出興辦事業計畫，終於成功讓沙灘車合法化。鄉公所目前規畫兩人共乘一台車，遊程2.5小時，3000塊，每團上限20人，帶領遊客探索藏在祕境中的「叢林之眼」。
[[滿州鄉港仔村長 朱進男]]
“帶人去祕境那裡，真的很美，叢林眼啦，我們叫它做叢林眼，真的不錯啦。”
[[屏縣交通旅遊處觀光管理科長 劉玉玲]]
“滿州鄉公所所提新辦事業計畫，也經農業部林保署同意核定，行政院也同意土地撥用，目前正辦理土地用地變更作業中。縣府對於滿洲鄉公所所規畫的沙灘車活動結合生態旅遊推廣樂觀其成。”
縣府也強調，自治條例中有明定罰則，包括騎乘時要戴安全帽、遊客年齡限制，沙灘車的出廠證明、保養紀錄，以及遊客投保等等，都必須符合規定，否則還是會開罰，希望業者遵守，別打壞了得來不易的經營權。
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