Tourism Development In Taiwan Research Articles

Policy and Political Effects on Tourism Development

This study used Markov regime switching-cum-trend and the Fourier component models to explore tourism development in Taiwan and found that during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, tourism policy adjustments and political environment based on political relations with China, risk-increasing timing or lag timing can create systemic shifts in tourism development. Among these shifts, policy adjustments have a positive effect on the development of tourism from a low- to high-level regime. This result is different from the previous literature's conclusion that the effect of policy adjustment is insufficient and that SARS and political risks had a negative effect on tourism development from a high- to low-level regime. However, the political environment effect is limited to visitors from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao. This study confirms the adverse effects on sustainable tourism development when the risks in the international political environment increase.

A Study of Alishan Indigenous Tribal Tourism Development in Taiwan

A Study of Alishan Indigenous Tribal Tourism Development in Taiwan

Residents’ attitudes toward island tourism development in Taiwan

Residents’ attitudes toward island tourism development in Taiwan

The long-term effects of tourist policy adjustments on the development of tourism in Taiwan: Consideration of time trends and Fourier component test results

Previous studies have argued that tourism policy has a long-term positive relationship with tourism development. This study explored temporal trends in and seasonal effects of the number of tourists traveling to Taiwan between 2001 and 2016, and compared the effects of adjustments in tourism policy on tourism development to determine whether Taiwan's international tourism policies have had long-term effects on tourism development. Temporal trends and seasonal factors were not significantly related to adjustments in tourism policy but there was a relationship between the economic status of tourist exporters and Taiwan's tourist development.

Environmental Efficiency Evaluation of Coastal Tourism Development in Taiwan

Environmental Efficiency Evaluation of Coastal Tourism Development in Taiwan

Valuing Residents’ Perceptions of Sport Tourism Development in Taiwan's North Coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area

This study aimed to reveal local residents’ perceptions of the impacts of sport tourism development (STD) in Taiwan's North Coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area (NCGNSA) and estimated both the monetary values of STD's positive benefits and its negative impact costs to serve as references for Taiwan's government in developing sport tourism policies. Based on the theory of the triple bottom line, the contingent valuation method was employed to ask residents about what prices they were willing to pay to possess and develop the resources of sport tourism and then a Tobit regression was used to implement parameter estimation and value calculation. The results indicated that the estimated total positive benefits for STD in the NCGNSA were approximately US$87.47 million per year and its negative impact costs were approximately US$24.47 million per year.

A criteria model of restaurant energy conservation and carbon reduction in Taiwan

This study investigates the indicators of – and creates a model for – energy conservation and carbon reduction (ECCR) in restaurants, with the aim of promoting sustainable food tourism development in Taiwan. Based on research, food and drinks can account for up to 30% of total tourism expenditure. However, this topic receives little attention in terms of energy use and its effects on climate change. The current researchers adopt multi-dimensional, qualitative and quantitative research methods, including in-depth interviews and an analytic network process (ANP), to collect research data. In-depth interviews with 16 experts are conducted, whereby 35 ECCR criteria are obtained. The ANP results for the restaurant ECCR model reveal 30 ECCR criteria with relative weights in the following five dimensions: ECCR buildings (40.82%), waste (26.03%), sustainable food use (15.89%), energy consumption (10.05%) and water (7.21%). Management implications are discussed, emphasizing both operational changes and staff training and incentives. The new ANP results demonstrate an interdependent relationship among the criteria, which can enhance the accuracy of the results and provide a reference for the restaurant industry in making decisions toward achieving eco-friendly developments and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This study focuses predominantly on Asian cuisine; other cuisines require further research.

Economic Growth, Energy Consumption and Tourism Development in Taiwan: A Granger Causality Approach

This study examines the causal relationship among economic growth, energy consumption and tourism development in Taiwan over the period from 1965 to 2010. Three Principle test results emerge from this study. First, test results indicate a long-run equilibrium relationship and a bi-direction of causality between energy consumption and tourism development with one proxy, number of visitors, being more significant than the other, visitor expenditures. Second, a bi-directional causality between energy consumption and economic growth is observed. Third, test results indicate no reciprocal causal relationship between tourism development and economic growth. From an energy conservation and sustainable tourism point of view, it is suggested policy makers and industry leaders develop high value, high profit tourism products that aim on attracting more visitor expenditures rather than numbers of visitor.

The impacts of natural hazards on Taiwan’s tourism industry

Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan in 2009, severely damaging the Alishan National Forest Recreation Area, a famous tourist resort in Taiwan. The only highway to this area was under repair for 10 months after the typhoon. Consequently, Alishan’s tourism industry suffered losses estimated at NT$1 billion. This work investigates the impacts of natural hazards on Taiwan’s tourism industry. First, government, university, and industry experts were invited to a focus-group interview to update criteria for tourism development in Taiwan. Next, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied to rank the proposed criteria. Last, two tourist attractions, one urban and one rural, are discussed in detail. This work proposes three novel dimensions for Taiwan’s tourism development—destination attraction, destination arrangement, and contingency planning for natural hazards—which comprise nine criteria. Analytical results will provide Taiwan’s tourism industry with references for future policy-making and sustainable development.

Imagining and Consuming Cultures: Nostalgia and Domestic Tourism Development in Taiwan

This paper looks at the Jenju community at Ilan in Taiwan to examine how community cultures are invented for the purpose of identity building and domestic tourism development. These community cultures are constructed by the efforts of several parties, including government officers at the Council for Cultural Affairs, the County Cultural Council, intellectuals, business people, cultural workers, and residents. The representative objects of the local community are reworked and portrayed as art and commodities for commemoration and for sale. I examine the process involved in creating a nostalgic past and building a community niche for tourism development.

Agricultural Globalization and Rural Tourism Development in Taiwan

Initially, Taiwan's agriculture industry was slow to become international. However, since joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the beginning of 2002, the internationalization of Taiwan's agriculture has become more intensive. Along with this development, Taiwan's rural tourism has also advanced. In the later stage of agricultural internationalization, when Taiwan joined the WTO, Taiwan's agricultural production and exports became more difficult. A greater number of agricultural products, and larger volumes, were imported. Farm land shifted use to leisure and recreation purposes and more farmers changed their occupations to tourism and associated services. This study uses government documents, data reported in the literature and the results of interviews with owners of rural tourism enterprises to support the argument that rural tourism has development in Taiwan as a way of adapting to the process of agricultural transformation. Rural tourism developed significantly when Taiwan's agriculture production and marketing became more difficult due to the process of agricultural globalization, particularly under the effect of joining the WTO. Finally this paper has comments on the prospects and limitations for the development of rural tourism in the future of Taiwan.