Lin Kun-yuan, director of the Hotel Inspection and Supervision Center of the ROC Tourism Bureau, notes that the early guesthouses were mostly secondary lines of business for their proprietors.
交通部觀光局「旅館業查報督導中心」主任林坤源指出，早期民宿為數不多，規模較小，經營者也多以兼營副業的心態和模式經營。