In the case of travel, people are not satisfied with what domestic trips have to offer and are going abroad, increasing the amount of money Taiwanese spend on overseas travel. In 1996, 5.71 million Taiwanese traveled abroad spending a total of US $ 8.15 billion, an amount equal to 46 % of what Taiwan earned from trade in that year.
以旅遊來說，在不滿國內旅遊環境的心理下，國人選擇出走國外，以致花在國外觀光的費用逐年遽增，到民國八十五年，我國出國人口高達五百七十一萬人次，共花掉八十一．五億美元，是當年我國對外貿易順差的六成。