Statistics of the Bureau of Tourism show that in 1987 the number of ROC nationals travelling abroad passed 1 million for the first time. With looser controls over foreign exchange and the opening up of visits to relatives on the mainland, the number of people travelling abroad jumped 51 percent.
觀光局的統計資料顯示，七十六年出國旅遊市場首先突破一百萬人次，緊接著外匯管制解除、開放大陸觀光探親，出國人數立刻成長了五十一％；到了前年，出國旅遊人數一舉突破了四百萬人次。