Sustainable Development Goals
Abstract/Objectives
Ecotourism in islands focuses on the experience of tourists in local resources and can simultaneously protect the environment and promote community development. However, as the pattern of ecotourism becomes more diverse, administrative agencies and tourism operators may gradually ignore the original intention of ecotourism and begin to pursue a large number of targets. One of its aims is to attract more visitors to ecotourism but lose the sustainability of environmental protection. This study has applied the concept of authenticity in tourism anthropology to ecotourism activities. The purpose is to understand the authenticity of tourists when conducting ecotourism from the perspectives of objective and existential authenticity. Through the theory of planned behaviors, the influence of the perception of authenticity on the re-visited behaviors observed. The survey time take from June to July 2019 for questionnaires. The blue tears of ecotourism that rise in Mazu has mainly focused and take as an example. The paradox of sustainability and authenticity in ecotourism rethinking and discussed.
Results/Contributions
The findings have showed that authenticity perception had a positive impact on tourists' attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and after-life behavioral intentions. It is recommended that the management unit increase the diversified commentary and fun of the tear-rewarding activities, so as to increase tourists' evaluation of attitudes and authenticity, and to eliminate the myth that blue tears are pollution, and then make tourists recommend to relatives and friends who have not yet traveled to Matsu and increase the willingness to revisit. These applications from respondents interviewed can help the Mustu Island achieve the ecological tourism island and maintain the sustainable management.
Keywords
Algal BloomObject AuthenticityTheory of Planned Behavior