Act for the Development of Tourism Article 2
The definitions of the terms used in this statute are as follows:1. Tourism industry: the development, construction, and maintenance of tourism resources; the construction and renovation of tourism facilities; the provision of services and facilitation for tourist transportation, room and board; or the provision of services for the organization of international conferences and exhibitions of various kinds.2. Tourists: persons engaged in traveling and sight-seeing.3. Tourism location: a location other than a designated scenic area which tourists visit. Such a location shall be officially designated by the central administrative authority, having consulted with the competent authorities for the related matter. Such locations shall include scenic spots, tourist attractions, historical sites, museums, exposition venues, and other locations suitable for sight-seeing.4. Designated scenic areas: scenic spots or tourist attractions designated as such in accordance with the applicable procedures.5. Natural and cultural ecology scenic areas: a unique natural monument that cannot be artificially reconstructed, an ecological environment of fauna or flora that requires strict protection, or a special ecological or cultural reserve demonstrated by important prehistoric relics. Such reserves shall include: reserves for aboriginal peoples, restricted mountainous zones, wildlife preservation areas, resources preservation areas for aquatic products, natural reserves, designated scenic areas as well as historical sites, special monuments, and ecological preservation areas in national parks.6. Tourism and amusement facilities: facilities provided in designated scenic areas or tourism locations with which tourists may engage in leisure or amusement activities.7. Tourist hotel enterprise: a profit-seeking enterprise that operates international tourist hotels or regular tourist hotels to provide tourists with lodging and related services.8. Hotel enterprise: a profit-seeking enterprise other than the tourist hotel enterprise that provides tourists with daily, weekly, or hourly lodging and other services in exchange for money.9. Homestay facility: a lodging facility that is part of a family’s home, and provides tourists with an in-depth travel experience that incorporates local culture, natural landscape, ecological environment, environmental resources, as well as agricultural, forestry, fishery or livestock farming activities. The goal is to allow tourists to experience local lifestyles and get to know local people, including the homestay’s owners.10. Travel agency: a profit-seeking enterprise licensed by the central administrative authority to provide tourists with arranged travel schedule, board and lodging, tour guide, and to purchase transportation tickets and apply for travel documents and visas on tourists’ behalf, as well as to provide related services for remuneration.11. Tourist amusement enterprise: a profit-seeking enterprise approved by the administrative authority to operate tourist amusement facilities.12. Tour guide: service personnel who execute the receiving or guiding of tourists on their journey in the R.O.C. for remuneration.13. Tour managers: service persons who execute the guiding of tourist groups visiting foreign destinations for remuneration.14. Professional guides: professional persons stationed by the competent authorities for the related matters at natural and cultural ecology scenic areas to preserve, maintain and explain domestically unique natural, ecological and cultural resources.15. Foreign language tour guide: for the purpose of promoting the service quality of the international tourism industry. professional persons who are proficient in a foreign language and are stationed by the competent authorities for the related matters at natural and cultural ecology scenic areas to explain domestically unique natural, ecological, and cultural resources with a foreign language.
中文原文 發展觀光條例第2條
本條例所用名詞，定義如下：
一、觀光產業：指有關觀光資源之開發、建設與維護，觀光設施之興建、改善，為觀光旅客旅遊、食宿提供服務與便利及提供舉辦各類型國際會議、展覽相關之旅遊服務產業。
二、觀光旅客：指觀光旅遊活動之人。
三、觀光地區：指風景特定區以外，經中央主管機關會商各目的事業主管機關同意後指定供觀光旅客遊覽之風景、名勝、古蹟、博物館、展覽場所及其他可供觀光之地區。
四、風景特定區：指依規定程序劃定之風景或名勝地區。
五、自然人文生態景觀區：指具有無法以人力再造之特殊天然景緻、應嚴格保護之自然動、植物生態環境及重要史前遺跡所呈現之特殊自然人文景觀資源，在原住民保留地、山地管制區、野生動物保護區、水產資源保育區、自然保留區、風景特定區及國家公園內之史蹟保存區、特別景觀區、生態保護區等範圍內劃設之地區。
六、觀光遊樂設施：指在風景特定區或觀光地區提供觀光旅客休閒、遊樂之設施。
七、觀光旅館業：指經營國際觀光旅館或一般觀光旅館，對旅客提供住宿及相關服務之營利事業。
八、旅館業：指觀光旅館業以外，以各種方式名義提供不特定人以日或週之住宿、休息並收取費用及其他相關服務之營利事業。
九、民宿：指利用自用或自有住宅，結合當地人文街區、歷史風貌、自然景觀、生態、環境資源、農林漁牧、工藝製造、藝術文創等生產活動，以在地體驗交流為目的、家庭副業方式經營，提供旅客城鄉家庭式住宿環境與文化生活之住宿處所。
十、旅行業：指經中央主管機關核准，為旅客設計安排旅程、食宿、領隊人員、導遊人員、代購代售交通客票、代辦出國簽證手續等有關服務而收取報酬之營利事業。
十一、觀光遊樂業：指經主管機關核准經營觀光遊樂設施之營利事業。
十二、導遊人員：指執行接待或引導來本國觀光旅客旅遊業務而收取報酬之服務人員。
十三、領隊人員：指執行引導出國觀光旅客團體旅遊業務而收取報酬之服務人員。
十四、專業導覽人員：指為保存、維護及解說國內特有自然生態及人文景觀資源，由各目的事業主管機關在自然人文生態景觀區所設置之專業人員。
十五、外語觀光導覽人員：指為提升我國國際觀光服務品質，以外語輔助解說國內特有自然生態及人文景觀資源，由各目的事業主管機關在自然人文生態景觀區所設置具外語能力之人員。
一、觀光產業：指有關觀光資源之開發、建設與維護，觀光設施之興建、改善，為觀光旅客旅遊、食宿提供服務與便利及提供舉辦各類型國際會議、展覽相關之旅遊服務產業。
二、觀光旅客：指觀光旅遊活動之人。
三、觀光地區：指風景特定區以外，經中央主管機關會商各目的事業主管機關同意後指定供觀光旅客遊覽之風景、名勝、古蹟、博物館、展覽場所及其他可供觀光之地區。
四、風景特定區：指依規定程序劃定之風景或名勝地區。
五、自然人文生態景觀區：指具有無法以人力再造之特殊天然景緻、應嚴格保護之自然動、植物生態環境及重要史前遺跡所呈現之特殊自然人文景觀資源，在原住民保留地、山地管制區、野生動物保護區、水產資源保育區、自然保留區、風景特定區及國家公園內之史蹟保存區、特別景觀區、生態保護區等範圍內劃設之地區。
六、觀光遊樂設施：指在風景特定區或觀光地區提供觀光旅客休閒、遊樂之設施。
七、觀光旅館業：指經營國際觀光旅館或一般觀光旅館，對旅客提供住宿及相關服務之營利事業。
八、旅館業：指觀光旅館業以外，以各種方式名義提供不特定人以日或週之住宿、休息並收取費用及其他相關服務之營利事業。
九、民宿：指利用自用或自有住宅，結合當地人文街區、歷史風貌、自然景觀、生態、環境資源、農林漁牧、工藝製造、藝術文創等生產活動，以在地體驗交流為目的、家庭副業方式經營，提供旅客城鄉家庭式住宿環境與文化生活之住宿處所。
十、旅行業：指經中央主管機關核准，為旅客設計安排旅程、食宿、領隊人員、導遊人員、代購代售交通客票、代辦出國簽證手續等有關服務而收取報酬之營利事業。
十一、觀光遊樂業：指經主管機關核准經營觀光遊樂設施之營利事業。
十二、導遊人員：指執行接待或引導來本國觀光旅客旅遊業務而收取報酬之服務人員。
十三、領隊人員：指執行引導出國觀光旅客團體旅遊業務而收取報酬之服務人員。
十四、專業導覽人員：指為保存、維護及解說國內特有自然生態及人文景觀資源，由各目的事業主管機關在自然人文生態景觀區所設置之專業人員。
十五、外語觀光導覽人員：指為提升我國國際觀光服務品質，以外語輔助解說國內特有自然生態及人文景觀資源，由各目的事業主管機關在自然人文生態景觀區所設置具外語能力之人員。