For fifty years people in Taiwan have worked their fingers to the bone to improve living standards and have neglected the beautiful mountains and rivers lying at their feet. The "non-smokestack" tourism industry has not, over the years, received its fair share of attention, but as we enter the 21st century and the economy, science and technology all move steadily onward and upward, the situation is finally changing.
半世紀來，胼手胝足，為了更好的生活打拚，忽略腳下的美麗山河，號稱無煙囪工業的觀光產業並未受到足夠的重視。直到進入二十一世紀，經濟與科技逐步自巔峰下滑，觀光產業才頭一次受到關愛。