 Max Emanuel responded to these complaints by saying a luxury hotel would draw wealthy visitors to the village and help the local economy; restaurant, shop owners, and other members of the tourist industry tended to favor his plans, while village counselors, local farmers and others were opposed, believing that any commercial development would ruin the rural landscape and create too much noise.Those in favor of King Ludwig's legacy stated that the hotel would violate the romantic legacy the mad king left.A bureaucratic mistake during initial plans four year previously left one piece of land available for commercial development in 2001, a fact that Max Emanuel was able to take advantage of.