The growth in business and tourism between Taiwan and Southeast Asia in the last few years has led to a steady increase in the number of Taiwanese visitors and increasing contact between Taiwanese and the local Chinese communities. This has brought out the marriage brokers, who provide the local girls of Chinese descent with the opportunity of marriage to Taiwan or Hong Kong.
因此，當近年來台灣與東南亞商旅往來日趨頻繁、到當地觀光人數日增，台灣人與當地華人社區的接觸加速之際，婚姻掮客隨之而來，「提供」了許多當地華裔女孩嫁到台灣以及香港的機會。