The Path from Traditional Fisheries to Ecotourism in Cimei Island
Cimei Island is a second-class outlying island. In recent years, due to the lack of coastal fishery resources and restrictions on traffic and climate, the traditional fishery and tourism industries that residents rely on for a living have faced challenges. This research is based on the Barbados Prog...
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| description | Cimei Island is a second-class outlying island. In recent years, due to the lack of coastal fishery resources and restrictions on traffic and climate, the traditional fishery and tourism industries that residents rely on for a living have faced challenges. This research is based on the Barbados Programme of Action, from the perspective of environmental conservation, industrial economy, and social development in sustainable development, and from the perspective of local stakeholders, to construct a sustainable tourism action approach and development mechanism in Cimei Island. A qualitative research method was adopted. Various sources of data, including focus discussions and in-depth interviews with local stakeholders, textual materials, and field observations, were collected and analyzed. The results are as follows: (1) Cimei faces great threats in social, economic, and environmental aspects, which has led to Cimei Islands’ promotion of permanent development. (2) The current development of Cimei cannot effectively drive industrial development or the transformation of fishing villages. However, residents are worried that overdevelopment will impact the ecological environment and lifestyle on the Islands. (3) Cimei’s sustainable tourism development approach should be to first take inventory of the ecological environment and cultural resources, plan related environmental laws and regulations, and finally, use sustainable tourism to drive industrial development to carry out island development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-815d53c55dc742aca0815813efbf87ca2023-11-30T21:22:34ZengMDPI AGFishes2410-38882022-08-017420010.3390/fishes7040200The Path from Traditional Fisheries to Ecotourism in Cimei IslandWei-Ying Sung0Hsiao-Chien Lee1Wen-Hong Liu2Department of Sports and Leisure, Hungkuang University, Taichung 433304, TaiwanInstitute of Marine Affairs and Business Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 811213, TaiwanInstitute of Marine Affairs and Business Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 811213, TaiwanCimei Island is a second-class outlying island. In recent years, due to the lack of coastal fishery resources and restrictions on traffic and climate, the traditional fishery and tourism industries that residents rely on for a living have faced challenges. This research is based on the Barbados Programme of Action, from the perspective of environmental conservation, industrial economy, and social development in sustainable development, and from the perspective of local stakeholders, to construct a sustainable tourism action approach and development mechanism in Cimei Island. A qualitative research method was adopted. Various sources of data, including focus discussions and in-depth interviews with local stakeholders, textual materials, and field observations, were collected and analyzed. The results are as follows: (1) Cimei faces great threats in social, economic, and environmental aspects, which has led to Cimei Islands’ promotion of permanent development. (2) The current development of Cimei cannot effectively drive industrial development or the transformation of fishing villages. However, residents are worried that overdevelopment will impact the ecological environment and lifestyle on the Islands. (3) Cimei’s sustainable tourism development approach should be to first take inventory of the ecological environment and cultural resources, plan related environmental laws and regulations, and finally, use sustainable tourism to drive industrial development to carry out island development.https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/7/4/200sustainable tourismisland developmentCimei Islandslocal stakeholdersBarbados Programme of Action |
| spellingShingle | Wei-Ying Sung Hsiao-Chien Lee Wen-Hong Liu The Path from Traditional Fisheries to Ecotourism in Cimei Island Fishes sustainable tourism island development Cimei Islands local stakeholders Barbados Programme of Action |
| title | The Path from Traditional Fisheries to Ecotourism in Cimei Island |
| title_full | The Path from Traditional Fisheries to Ecotourism in Cimei Island |
| title_fullStr | The Path from Traditional Fisheries to Ecotourism in Cimei Island |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Path from Traditional Fisheries to Ecotourism in Cimei Island |
| title_short | The Path from Traditional Fisheries to Ecotourism in Cimei Island |
| title_sort | path from traditional fisheries to ecotourism in cimei island |
| topic | sustainable tourism island development Cimei Islands local stakeholders Barbados Programme of Action |
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