Island Ecological Tourism: Constructing Indicators of the Tourist Service System in the Penghu National Scenic Area

It is critical to develop a sustainable ecotourism service system for the fragile Penghu National Scenic Area in Taiwan. This study, therefore, adopted fuzzy Delphi method and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) establish an index framework. The results identified four dimensions with 21 factors. findings are as follows. Safety management capability found be main factor system. Ecological diversity essential marine environment core resource ecotourism; transportation capacity environmental quality need improved. Marine resources indispensable development of ecotourism. In addition, local community must support ecotourism, natural should protected, needs sustainability conservation. Therefore, encouraging residents stakeholders attend promote establishing safety developing protection regulations tourists improving tourist satisfaction vital. government guidelines resources, plan system, improve public infrastructure make it safe accessible.