Because this incident caused the most deaths of any accident involving Taiwanese tourists in Taiwan. Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) expressed hope it could send a representative to go to the mainland to investigate the situation and to assist the families of the victims; this request was refused by the mainland side.
△由於此次死亡人數為歷年台灣遊客在大陸發生意外人數最多者，海基會表明希望派代表赴大陸瞭解狀況，並幫助家屬料理事情，卻遭大陸方面拒絕。