The calamities did have the somewhat useful effect of making Tsaoling more well-known in the outside world. As word of the area's natural beauty spread in the press, the tourist industry was developed.
由於堀山近百年來在同一地點發生三次巨災，草嶺逐成為報章雜誌爭相報導的對象，知名度大為增高，加上當地確有未經雕琢的自然風光，於是觀光事業迅速發展起來。