A study on the Assessing Model of Selecting the Forest-Based Sites for Ecotourism

• Main Authors: Chao, Chin-Liang, 趙芝良
• Other Authors: Ou Sheng-Jung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1996
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37725704275011871065

碩士 === 國立中興大學 === 園藝學系 === 84 === ABSTRACTA Study on the Assessing Model of Selecting Forest-Based Sites forEcotourismby。hin-Liang Chao In consideration of rising development of ecotourism in Taiwan andenhancing the inherence of natural resource system in forest-based sites of Taiwan, the purpose of this study attempted to establish an assessing model of "Selecting Forest-Based Sites for Ecotourism". It was expected that the model would be applied to develop ecotourism in various naturalrecreation sites in the future, especially forest-based sites. Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) was adopted as the major method in establishing the evaluation factors and evaluation indictors of the two-hierarchy assessment model in this study. The study first reviewed research papers to choose the suitable evaluation factors. By analyzing, organizing and considering frequency distribution, 31 evaluation factors about seleting a site for ecotourism were obtained. Then, a questianneire survey was conducted. After using factor analysis, six evaluation factors were extracted and they were the components of the first hierarchy in the assessment model. Depending on the relationship between hierarchies and AHP''''''''s requirement, 20 evaluation indictors were chosen as the secondary hierarchy. Besides, in order to meet AHP''''''''s requirement, professionals of related fields were invited to measure the relative weights of the model''''''''s hierarchy factors and indictors by filling out the questionnaire of pairwise comparison matrix. Based on the findings, three major conclusions were drawn as follows：1.The assessment model of selecting forest-based sites for ecotourism included six factors, management mechanism, physical environment mechanism, 　 natural resource potential, cultural resource potential, fundamental　 facility and tourism benefit.2.The importance of the six evaluation factors in sequence was natural resource potential, management mechanism, physical environment mechanism, cultural resource potential, tourism benefit and fundamental facility.3.The result of T-Test showed that there were very few differences of indicators'''''''' weights between scholars and government officials. It seemed that they had a similar attitude toward the selection of forest-based sites for ecotourism.