Ouyang T'ai-sheng, an administrator at Yushan National Park, asserts that self-made travel is best suited for the educational traveller, "because having the time to slowly wander through an area provides much more opportunity to really get to know the place."
歐陽台生認為知性之旅最適合自助旅行，「因為有時間慢慢逛，才能看到好東西。」他以山地部落為例，由於大部分都已開發，想要看古老的東西並不容易，到了當地必須先認識、結交朋友，才有機會登堂入室到他們家看「寶貝」，或者從老人家口中問出過去的點點滴滴。