Hsieh Yu-chen, who runs Hsia Hsing homestay, recollects that for a time the hotels couldn't hold all the guests, and tour groups were brought en masse to homestays. "For a year there wasn't even a space to sit down," she recalls.
在夏興村經營民宿「夏興客棧」的謝玉真就說，當時旅館容納不下這麼多的觀光客，旅行社甚至會整團帶來住在民宿，「一整年座無虛席」，她說。