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IJTEF 2021 Vol.12(5): 121-125 ISSN: 2010-023X
DOI: 10.18178/ijtef.2021.12.5.705

Ecotourism Perceptions, Impacts, and Carrying Capacity: The Case of Walami Trail in Yushan National Park

You-Jie Huang, Chieh-Lu Li, and Kui-Hua Chen

Abstract—On-site visitor ecotourism perception and impact surveys were conducted on the Walami trailhead in August of 2019. The findings revealed that the visitors were most agreed that ecotourism is a responsible travel that conserves the natural environment, and most agreed ecotourism is a sustainable tourism. For the positive ecotourism social impact, visitors most agreed that ecotourism may improve or upgrade the community image, and ecotourism may increase the opportunity for young people to return their hometown, and reduce the aging population and population outflow phenomenon. We also found significant differences regarding negative environmental impact, negative economic impact and negative social-cultural impact between professional mountaineers and general visitors. The general visitor were likely to agree the aforementioned impacts. The frequency of visiting Walami Trail had significant differences among visitors regarding negative ecotourism environmental impact, negative economic impact and negative socio-cultural impact. The first time visitors were likely to agree the aforementioned impact than those visitors who have been to Walami Trail 2 to 4 times. Finally, we found the more visitors were aware of ecotourism perceptions, the more visitors agreed both ecotourism positive and negative impacts. Findings of this study may provide implications for ecotourism development on the Walami Trail in the future.

Index Terms—Ecotourism perception, ecotourism impact, environmental impact, economic impact, social cultural impact, Walami Trail, Yushan National Park.

You-Jie Huang and Kui-Hua Chen are with the Department of Leisure Service Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168, Jifeng E. Rd., Wufeng District, Taichung, Taiwan (e-mail: a2470712@cyut.edu.tw, s10726614@gm.cyut.edu.tw).
Chieh-Lu Li is with the Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Leisure Studies, National Dong Hwa University, No. 1, Section 2, University Road, Shoufeng Township, Hualien Taiwan (e-mail: CXL345@gmail.com).

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Cite: You-Jie Huang, Chieh-Lu Li, and Kui-Hua Chen, "Ecotourism Perceptions, Impacts, and Carrying Capacity: The Case of Walami Trail in Yushan National Park," International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance vol.12, no.5, pp. 121-125, 2021.

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