In 1990, in a new era of openness, the prison for political prisoners became a thing of the past. The Tourism Bureau's East Coast National Scenic Area Administration opened an office here and began to make plans for opening the island to tourism. Distant Green Island was suddenly no longer so distant.
民國七十九年，隨著政治環境丕變，政治獄走進歷史，綠島在開放觀光政策導向下，觀光局東海岸國家風景管理處在這裡設立管理站，進行觀光遊憩活動的規劃開發，遙遠的綠島於是不再遙遠。