A Study on the Current Impact on Island Tourism Development under COVID-19 Epidemic Environment and Infection Risk: A Case Study of Penghu

Abstract

The present study examined the impact on island tourism development during the COVID-19 epidemic environment and infection risk by using Penghu as a case study. Using a mixed re-search methodology, 534 questionnaires were collected and analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0 for Windows statistical software with statistical tests and t-tests. The views of scholars, experts, residents, and tourists on the questionnaire results were then compiled and finally examined by multivariate validation analysis. The results showed that different stakeholders maintained different perspectives on a number of economic, social, and environmental issues in the epidemic environment with risks of infection. Residents considered that the preservation of marine culture and the lack of resting and parking facilities for tourists are the issues that need to be improved in the development of Penghu tourism. Visitors believe that improving littering, vessel mooring space, pollution from heavy oil discharges, landscape and historic site protection, surface litter and pollution in the harbor, marine habitat, heavy oil spills, tourist litter, and threats from invasive species will help attract tourists to visit and spend money.

Environmental and ecological preservation-oriented tourism development of the intangible cultural heritage of Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou ethnic minorities

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Tourism Transition and Green Economy: Inspire or Prevent People's income in the Covid-19 Shock

“…With so many people canceling their trips and fewer people making reservations, it's clear that the tourism sector is feeling the pinch (Payne, Gil-Alana, & Mervar, 2022). Since the outbreak of the pandemic, tourist arrivals have decreased drastically so that it has had an impact on the actors and activists of the Tourism Village (Wu, 2021). Villages that focus on tourism have a great chance to fulfill communal welfare by developing all of their resources in a way that is tailored to their specific requirements (Wang, Wang, He, & Zhu, 2022).…”

A study on the advantageous degree of inbound tourism flow collection and distribution in domestic provinces and cities along the Belt and Road Initiative based on distributed fuzzy computing theory

“…In terms of international tourism trips worldwide, the countries along the Belt and Road account for 44%, while domestic tourism in the countries along the Belt and Road accounts for 80% of the domestic tourism trips worldwide, and the Belt and Road tourism market has great potential [7]. Due to the impact of the new epidemic, China's inbound tourism has been greatly affected, but from the data before the epidemic, China's inbound tourism has developed rapidly [8][9]. It can be expected that China's inbound tourism will usher in a period of rapid recovery and development in the postepidemic era, and it is important to sort out the life cycle and mechanism of policy dividends in order to effectively release the policy potential and extend the policy life cycle [10][11].…”

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