While Taitung's tourism holds a promising prospect, Taitung City and vicinity have gradually changed their appearance. Large western style restaurants, KTVs and other such facilities generally ascribed to be "amusement centers" have one after the other reared their heads.
台東的旅遊前景看好之餘，台東市區已逐漸改觀，大型的西餐廳、KTV 等娛樂場所和購物中心紛紛入駐，盛況不輸西部。