英文摘要 |
Recently, the governments make great effort to promote domestic tourism. Owing to that Liuqiu owns specific landforms, ecology and culture of islands, large number of visitors tend to choose Liuqiu as their destination. However, the tourism developed too fast that the number of the visitors is over the load of local dealers and ecology. Therefore, the development of tourism not only increased the profit of the locals, but also caused tourism impacts. The main purpose of this research is to explore the residents’ cognitions of tourism impacts in Liuqiu. The study conducted the survey via questionnaires. The study obtained 137 valid samples. Specifically, this research hopes to understand whether residents’ characteristics influence on their cognitions on tourism impacts and attitudes of tourism development, so that to awake the considerations from the local people, government and visitors on tourism resources of Liuqiu for sustainable development. The research results reveal that residents who participate on local institutions and residents who involve in tourism related industries were more supportive to tourism development and perceive positive cognitions on tourism impacts than those who do not. Finally, suggestions were made for management and future researches according to the results. |