Taitung County Commissioner Cheng Lieh points out that in the first half of this year the number of visitors has already surpassed 500,000 the total number of two years ago. The effects of the South Link Railway can certainly be seen.
台東縣長鄭烈指出，台東今年前半年的遊客數量已突破五十萬人，為前年的全年總量，南迴鐵路的影響由此可見。