According to Tourism Bureau statistics, more than 1.1 million Taiwan nationals traveled abroad in 2001. Foreign exchange for tourism reached NT $ 280 billion. Although domestic travel figures stood at more than 97 million, travel outlay was only NT $ 248 billion.
根據觀光局統計，二○○一年國人出國旅遊為七百一十多萬人次，觀光外匯支出高達八十億美元（合台幣約二千八百億元）；至於國民旅遊人次雖高達九千七百多萬人次，旅遊支出卻只有二千四百八十億元，顯見國民旅遊市場仍大有可為。