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Country Inns

Since nobody actually manufactures anything in Taiwan anymore, the government's been encouraging more leisure consumption and service industries to drive the economy. As ugly and polluted as the cities may be, Taiwan has plenty of gorgeous scenery in the streams and mountains just a few hours away.

Now that most people get both days of the weekend off, it becomes feasible to head out into the countryside for a couple of days, staying overnight at a local bed-and-breakfast or a small charming hostel. Not surprisingly, a large number of such domiciles have sprung up in scenic areas to supply the demand. Also not surprisingly, most of them are built illegally in an unplanned swarm, destroying the bucolic scenery that was the original attraction of the place.

庭院前遠眺青山，渾然天成的美景，短短五年，兩百多家民宿雨後春筍林立儘管政府規定海拔1500公尺以上的山坡地不准開發，投資者仍不顧土地超限利用的問題，大興土木，還沒取得合法建照前先斬後奏

Not that having government certification would mean a whole lot anyway. A license most likely just means the appropriate government official was sufficiently gifted to grant the piece of paper.