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Preliminary Research on the Sustainable Determinants of Taiwanese Ecotourism with the International Standards

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  • Chih-Cheng Huang

    (Department of Leisure & Recreation, National Formosa University, Yunlin 403632, Taiwan)

  • Yung-Kuan Chan

    (Department of Management Information Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402204, Taiwan)

  • Ming Yuan Hsieh

    (Department of International Business, National Taichung University of Education, Taichung 403454, Taiwan)

Abstract

To analyze Taiwanese ecotourism with international standards, this research employed the social learning theory (SLT) to identify the determinants of Taiwanese community ecotourism with the international standards. This basic theory of social psychology comprehensively assays the interplays and interconnections among the three analytical perspectives (ecotourism tours, destinations, and accommodations), the four essential issues (management, social, cultural, and environment) of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, the six assessed dimensions of ecotourism resolution from the WCC, and the twenty-nine assessed indexes of the KES ecotourism evaluations. It was then possible to comprehensively explore the sustainable determinants of Taiwanese ecotourism with the international standards through the FA of quantitative and qualitative analyses in combination with the highest research validity, reliability, representativeness, and accuracy. After analyzing the evaluated measurements, the empirical and valuable conclusions and findings are (1) these analytical perspectives, appraised attitudes, evaluated criteria, and sub-criteria positively advance Taiwanese ecotourism with the international standards (PITEEICIS); (2) the sustainable determinants of Taiwanese ecotourism with the international standards include the Support for Capacity Building of the Local Community (SCBLC), Cooperation with the Local Community (CLC), Supports for the Local Enterprises (SLE), Local Participation and Benefits Sharing Duties (LPBSD), Tourist Management (TM), and Responsible Tourist Behaviors Inducement (RTBI). Importantly, the majority of ecotourism industrialists and experts still focus on the economic benefits, such as supporting the local community and enterprises, rather than tourist behavior inducement to stimulate ecotourism participation in order to promote and advance the Taiwanese ecotourism to the international standards; (3) in order to promote Taiwanese ecotourism to the international conventions, the Taiwanese government and organizations in ecotourism should contribute toward the local welfare and create and design various training programs and courses to enhance local community’s awareness and capability of ecotourism development in order to establish a complete system that stimulates the ongoing planning and decision making of local community participation and regularly monitors, records, and reflects their opinions, based on the area’s history, culture, and natural attributes, to develop and sell sustainable local products by creating fair trade principles and valuable products.

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  • Chih-Cheng Huang & Yung-Kuan Chan & Ming Yuan Hsieh, 2022. "Preliminary Research on the Sustainable Determinants of Taiwanese Ecotourism with the International Standards," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-21, November.
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