One can only attribute such disputes to the competitive culture arising in sluggish economic times. Lu Chieh-shen, deputy director of the TRA's Transportation Department, responds that the Formosa Star had from the beginning been defined within the luxury segment of the travel industry.
這只能說是不景氣中，觀光業者削價搶單的惡質競爭文化再度上演。只是環鐵中心內訌事小，好不容易建立起來的寶島之星優質品牌與台灣觀光形象崩壞，受損的還是全體旅遊業者。