The purpose of this study is to understand status of ecotourism on the Heping Island in Keelung city, and to discuss behavior of visitors and citizen, and to evaluate the feasibility and to figure out strategies for developing ecotourism on the Island.
The methods using for data collecting was through literature collection and questionnaire and further analyses.
Base on the study findings; the main conclusions were drawn as follows:
Heping Island is abundant in not only natural resource but also cultural resource.
Visitors mainly enjoy its landscapes, heritages ,and maritime activities, and is willing to visit again sometime.
The construction of geographic park and fisherman port is most welcomed by the visitors.
The establishment of managerial system to engage nature conservation is the most urgent issue in the near future.
This proposal expects to propose suggestions by the study result to benefit the development of Heping Island and to provide information to making decisions.
