In his opinion, at a time when Asian economies were on the rise, increasing economic power was blurring international boundaries. Taiwan's population was limited and so the travel industry needed to internationalize and orient its marketing efforts toward the entire Asian region.
張清來認為，在這個亞洲崛起的時代，經濟力的提升將使國界模糊；台灣的人口太有限，旅遊業必須國際化，行銷定位必須是整個亞洲區塊。