"Even if you don't look that far into the future, even if just tourists could visit from mainland China, that would at least give the tourism industry a new lease on life," comments Chen Shui-tsai. Moreover, until the big three links are opened, Taiwan business people and travelers can travel or transship goods through Kinmen, which would be a further shot in the arm to the local economy.
「如果不想得那麼遠，至少小三通後，若能開放大陸居民前來觀光，勢必能使觀光業回春」，陳水在說，而在大三通之前，台灣商人、旅客以金門為出入大陸的門戶，兩岸貨輪以此地當轉運站，也會帶動當地的榮景。