Shen Jong-chin, director of the Central Region Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), says that the ministry began helping traditional manufacturers transform their facilities into tourist factories in 2003. More than 10 million people are estimated to have visited these facilities to date, generating NT $ 400 million output and a further NT $ 100 million in related services.
經濟部中部辦公室主任沈榮津指出，經濟部自 2003 年開始輔導傳統產業轉型觀光工廠，至今到工廠觀光的人次估計已經超過千萬人，締造了 4 億元台幣的產值，帶動的相關服務業產值也超過一億元。