With the food business declining, Fenqihu had little choice but to develop tourism. Indeed, as early as 1978, a development committee chaired by Lin Jinkun started looking for attractions to link into a tourism trail.
危機意識興起，奮起湖轉而發展觀光事業，民國 67 年，由林金坤擔任奮起湖風景開發委員會主委，找景點，開發旅遊路線。