The Shangri-La Sky Garden Guesthouse, which is set in the Chingching Farm area of Nantou, began operating in 1996. It has been called the grandfather of "luxury guesthouses" in Taiwan.
南投縣清境地區的「香格里拉空中花園民宿」在民國 85 年開始經營，堪稱是台灣「優質豪華民宿」的祖師爺。