New mayor seeks 100-yen tax on visitors to Miyajima island

New mayor seeks 100-yen tax on visitors to Miyajima island

新市長擬對宮島遊客徵收100日圓入島稅

【摘要2021.2.12.中央社】◎張沛元

Taro Matsumoto campaigned in the mayoral race in Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on a pledge to institute an entrance tax for visitors to Miyajima island, home to Itsukushimajinja shrine, a World Heritage site.

松本太郎在（日本）廣島縣廿日市市的市長選舉競選期間，誓言（當選後）要開始對造訪世界遺產嚴島神社所在地宮島的遊客，徵收入島稅。

Matsumoto, who took office on Nov. 3, 2019, is determined to fulfill his campaign promise.

2019年11月3日就任的松本，打定主意要落實他的競選承諾。

Matsumoto told reporters a day after the election that he aims to introduce the tax in 2021 to fund infrastructure improvements to the increasingly popular tourist attraction.

松本在選後隔天告訴記者，他的目標是在2021年導入徵稅制度，以籌措經費來改善此一人氣漸增的觀光景點的基礎建設。

"The island needs maintenance and repair work, including placing power lines underground and repairing roads," he said. "I’m focused on introducing the tax as a stable source of income."

「這座島需要維護與修繕，包括電線地下化與修路，」他說。「我會專注於導入充作穩定收入來源的（入島）稅。」

新聞辭典

be determined to：片語，決心去（做某事）。例句：Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday that he was determined to realise the Tokyo Olympics.（日本首相菅義偉週五表示，他打定主意要實現東京奧運。）

take office：片語，就職，就任，上任。例句：An average of about 1.2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered each day since President Biden took office, according to the US CDC.（根據美國疾病管制暨預防中心，自拜登總統就任以來，平均每天施打約120萬劑武漢肺炎疫苗。）

infrastructure：名詞，基礎建設，基礎設施。