https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/629879
標題: | Recreational Visit to Suburban Forests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Taiwan | 作者: | Chen, YC Tsai, FC MING-JER TSAI Liu, WY |
關鍵字: | visitation; outdoor recreation; coronavirus; revenge travel; Xitou; TOURISM DEMAND; SARS; IMPACTS; RECOVERY; ARRIVALS; PARK; FLU | 公開日期: | 2022 | 出版社: | MDPI | 卷: | 13 | 期: | 8 | 來源出版物: | FORESTS | 摘要: | COVID-19 global pandemic has caused massive disruption of travel behaviors along with other aspects of human life, such as social distancing, staying at home, and avoiding crowds. People substituted outdoor activities for indoor activities, and the forest environment has become a popular alternative. Taiwan has a high population density, but it had few COVID-19 confirmed cases in 2020 during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. No forest areas have been closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. In light of this generally increased demand for suburban forests for recreational uses, the current COVID-19 pandemic situation poses specific challenges regarding forest use, management, and policy. This study integrates visitation numbers of the popular forest recreation area and selects the unblocking index and social distancing index as the COVID-19 index to capture the impacts of forest recreation area on the COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan. The results show both COVID-19 indices have high explanatory power for suburban forest visitation and both have a significant impact on the number of visitors. Although the number of visitors to suburban forests decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic alert, it bounced when the COVID-19 outbreak was under control. This study provides a brief overview of management implications for recreational visits during COVID-19. We posed an early warning to forest managers for greater revenge traveling post-COVID-19. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/629879 | ISSN: | 1999-4907 | DOI: | 10.3390/f13081181 |
顯示於: | 森林環境暨資源學系 |
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