Mr. Cheng Chin-fa, president of the Huatung Travel Agency, which specializes in tourist train tours, says that the tourist-train business is stable and tends toward the educational. There are many groups that usually do not take tours such as the Firefly Watchers (a group of nature-lovers) that will put together groups in April and May. This has a positive effect on the depth and breadth of the local tourism industry.
專門接待觀光列車旅客的花東旅行社總經理鄭進發表示，觀光列車的生意穩定，且偏向知性，許多平時開不了的團，如四、五月時的螢火蟲生態觀察團，都可以湊足人數，這對地方觀光事業的深度與廣度經營都有正面意義。