The Shangri-La, with its European-style architecture, stirred up a whole fashion for guesthouses in the Chingching area. What's more, Jen-ai Township in Nantou County has a sister-city relationship with Engelberg in Switzerland, so that Chingching has acquired the name Little Switzerland.
香格里拉的歐式建築風格，帶動了整個清境地區的民宿風格，再加上南投縣仁愛鄉與瑞士天使郡結為姊妹市，清境因而擁有「小瑞士」之稱。