Kenting National Park, a famous tourist area, is also surrounded by many hotels, but there is a difference between Yangmingshan and Kenting. Kenting is far from any city, and since Matsao is so close to Taipei, many question if there really is a need to build a hotel there. "Taipei already has so many luxury hotels," says NTU horticulture professor Linn Yann-jou.
同為知名旅遊區的墾丁國家公園，周圍也有許多旅館，但陽明山與墾丁情況卻不同，墾丁遠離都會，相較之下馬槽離市區可以用近在咫尺形容，「蓋旅館實在沒什麼必要，台北市已經有這麼多高品質的觀光飯店」，台大園藝研究所教授林晏州說。