Lin Kun-yuan, director of the Tourism Bureau's Hotel Industry Supervisory Center, notes that in 2005, Hualien, Ilan, and Nantou counties experienced their fastest guesthouse growth ever.
交通部觀光局旅館業查報督導中心主任林坤源指出，花蓮、宜蘭、南投等地區民宿快速成長，以 2005 年為最，的確呈現一窩蜂的趨勢。