Though this may seem far, far away, in fact, Palau is geographically the closest to Taiwan of all the countries with which the ROC has formal diplomatic ties. A direct flight takes only three-and-a-half hours. Perhaps for Taiwanese, there are rather more immediate implications to "the end of rainbows." This unfamiliar and exotic land is a virgin territory of commercial opportunities for tourism, trade and investment.
「彩虹的盡頭」聽起來彷彿遙不可及，但實際上，她是台灣目前距離最近的邦交國，直航只要三個半鐘頭的航程，或許「彩虹的盡頭」對台灣人而言另外有兩個更貼切的隱喻：不熟悉的美麗遙遠國度，和對觀光旅遊或經貿投資都是商機處處的處女地。