英文摘要 |
Tourism development brings local economic benefits, but also brings environmental and social-cultural cost. Islands are restricted to fragile resources and economic circumstances. Therefore, islands are influenced by the negative impacts from tourism development. Based on the social exchange theory, the main purpose of this research was to investigate the association among Penghu residents' influencing factors (tourism dependence, utilization of tourism resources, community attachment, and ecocentric attitude), perceived benefits and costs of impact, attitudes toward tourism development, and willingness to pay. The contingent valuation method was adopted to estimate the economic benefit of residents' willingness to pay for the maintenance of local tourism resources. The study found that four influencing factors have positive effects on the perceived benefits of impact; residents' perceived benefits of impact have positive influences on their attitudes toward tourism development; and residents' attitudes toward tourism development have positive influences on their values regarding the willingness to pay. Finally, the order of the willingness to pay for maintaining local tourism resources was: (1) "ecological conservation," (2) "environmental protection," (3) "cultural asset preservation," and (4) "leisure recreation facilities." It is suggested that Penghu administrators and community tourism developers focus on ecological conservation when promoting tourism activities as well as educating tourists to respect local culture in order to prevent ecological destruction. |