A Feasibility Study of Development Low Carbon Tourism in Penghu

• Main Authors: Chang Tzu Ting, 張紫婷
• Other Authors: Hwang, Yuan Shie
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/672sh4

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 公共行政與政策學系 === 103 === Penghu has rich natural resources and variety of natural landscape which is a tourism hotspot that people are familiar with. Since 2011, the Ministry of Economic Affairs started to promote “Penghu Low Carbon Island Project” setting the goal of building Penghu as the first model of low carbon island in Taiwan. Tourism industry used to be seemed as a non-smokestack industry. As a matter of fact, tourism activities consume high amount of energy. Overexploitation without conservation plan also brings damages and impacts toward the environment. Given these conditions, selecting tour operators, entrepreneurs, government officers and scholars in Penghu as interviewees, this research provide assessment and strategy for Penghu to develop low carbon tourism. This research aims to probe possible effects toward Penghu’s environment, sociocultural environment and economy and to survey the opinions and attitude of government, private sector, academic institute and local residents. Based on these data, it evaluates the feasibility for Penghu to develop low carbon tourism and provides suggestion for future development. The scope of this research contains (a) opinions of government, private sector, academic institute and local residents toward Penghu’s tourism status; (b) opinions and attitude of government, private sector, academic institute and local residents toward low carbon tourism; (c) possible effects toward Penghu’s environment, sociocultural environment and economy; (d) the feasibility of low carbon tourism in Penghu and suggestion for promotion of policy. The result shows that with the promoting of “Penghu Low Carbon Island Project” in recent years, low carbon infrastructures were built in order to construct Penghu’s low carbon feature. Along with natural conditions, the project added value into Penghu’s tourism economy. Furthermore, local sociocultural environment can deepen the depth of tourism leading the trend of low carbon tourism and transform the lifestyle in Penghu in order to educate tourist with low carbon concept. The result also shows that in order to develop low carbon tourism, complete package and branding of Penghu’s low carbon and sociocultural features are required. Additionally, arranging tour itinerary, increasing audience group for promotion, and constructing green transportation system can also assist Penghu to develop low carbon tourism.