Starting in the 1980s, as Taiwan grew wealthy, its citizens increasingly holidayed abroad. Moreover, as automobile ownership became common, as cities and towns developed and their roads broadened and stretched out, and as new scenic and recreation areas were opened, urban residents came to favor getting away from the city for leisure. Hopping in the car for a weekend getaway became the thing to do.
由八○年代開始，隨著國民財富的累積，出國觀光人數激增，國內也因汽車普及，流行以車代步的旅遊方式；加上各鄉鎮陸續發展社區建設、道路拓寬延伸，以及新興風景區的開發，使得市民喜歡向外擴展休閒，每到假日，驅車出遊成了時髦活動。