利用海洋深層水資源發展保健旅遊初探

海洋深層水之發展起於國外，以美、日為主要發展國家，皆創造不少佳績。而台灣擁有豐富的海洋深層水資源，進而發展成新興產業，目前於食品、水產、農業之運用已趨成熟，然而在觀光部份之運用尚處待發展之時。有鑑於海洋深層水富營養及礦物之特性，日本首先利用海洋深層水來發展海洋療法，為海洋深層水與保健旅遊結合之首創，因此我國亦可仿效日本，結合保健旅遊加以發展，可針對相關食材、度假園區、體驗活動、海洋療法及週邊產品等元素，規劃未來之應用。

The applications of Deep Sea Water (DSW) resources are well developed in many countries, especially in America and Japan. Some of these applications are within tourism industry such as theme parks and recreational resorts. Taiwan has plenty of DSW resources but the applications of DSW are still limited. Hence, the applications of DSW to tourism industry in Taiwan are discussed in this paper. Health tourism based on DSW resources may be new tourism products that can emphasis the health issues from DSW. In particular, Thalassotherapy may be tried to planned and developed first.