A travel handbook for Pingtung County lists some coastal sand dunes as a major tourist attraction, with ecological and educational value. Today these have all been illegally turned into aquaculture ponds. And to top it off the WCB has to build new dikes to protect the ponds or they will be criticised for "failing in their responsibility to protect the property of citizens."
屏東觀光旅遊手冊列為重要據點的河口沙丘，是具有生態保護與教育的特殊地形，如今盡成魚塭；水利局還得築海堤保護，否則被指責「未盡保護人民財產之責」。