| 英文摘要 |
In 1995, Taiwan established the Action Plan for the Black-Faced Spoonbill Platalea minor. In 2002, the Zengwun Estuary North Bank was set as the Black-Faced Spoonbill Reserve. As a result, Tainan is the world’s largest habitat for the Black-Faced Spoonbill. This study collects on-site feedback of tourists in Taijiang National Park and uses the truncated and endogenous Poisson model to estimate tourists’recreational demand for the Black-Faced Spoonbill Reserve. Moreover, the recreation benefits of the Black-Faced Spoonbill conservation and docent guided tour services are estimated based on the demand. The results show that the recreation benefits of watching one or more Black- Faced Spoonbill is NT $3.75 and the recreation benefits of having one or more docent guided tours is NT $447.73. The total maximum recreational value of the entire bird season from Black-Faced Spoonbill conservation in 2021 was about NT $200 million. |