With the tourist business in a slump, sales of the delicacies for which the area is known-gooey millet treats, millet wine and tea leaves-are down sharply as well. The slump has closed a number of local businesses, including, at least for the time being, the Shao Tribe Cultural Village, which for several years presented aboriginal dances daily.
景氣差，特產商的小米麻糬、小米酒、茶葉等嚴重滯銷，許多業者甚至紛紛倒閉，例如前幾年天天有原住民舞蹈表演的「邵族文化村」就不得不暫停營業。