Events like Tungkang's Fresh Tuna Season, the Sky Lanterns of Pinghsi, and the Lotus Festival in Paiho are booming. But the drive for large crowds and fast profits cannot but limit the imaginativeness of tourism development. If the methods used are too crude, there could be many ill side-effects.
但在大力讓觀光上路的同時，由於急於營造人氣、期望利潤快速回收，不免限制了觀光規劃的想像力，尤其觀光需要全面動員人文與自然資源，若推展手法粗糙，可能造成較高的副作用。