They saw that the examples of other aboriginal areas which had been developed, like Wulai in Taipei County, or Tungpu and Lushan in Nantou County, were less than ideal. They also worried that too many visitors would destroy the environment, completely undoing the reason for having the protected area to begin with.
他們眼見台北烏來、南投東埔和廬山等山地部落開發的前例未盡理想，又擔心遊客過多會破壞環境，將使保育原意盡失。