Wu Chien-cheng believes that all the regulations currently in place stem from the notion of treating homestays as an economic stimulus for Taiwan's far-flung rural areas: let farmers and fishermen use their residences to support a secondary business, free from the burden of paying additional taxes.
吳乾正指出，目前我國的民宿法規，仍將民宿定位為振興偏鄉經濟，讓農漁民利用自宅空閒房間經營的「家庭副業」，因此才予以免辦商業登記、免徵營業稅的優惠。