Wulai started to come back to life. The introduction of the two-day weekend in 2001 helped Wulai even more, and the area gradually became able to live off tourism once more. Visitor numbers have repeatedly broken 1 million people per year of late, the majority being Taiwanese tourists.
民國八十八年哈日風氣興盛，泡湯、賞櫻熱潮興起，烏來開始谷底翻身，再加上九十年開始實施週休二日，烏來的觀光客逐漸轉向以本地人為主，連年到訪人數均突破百萬大關。