餐飲美食是台灣在亞洲各國中最具競爭優勢的觀光項目之一,也是吸引觀光客來台旅遊的首要因素,然而根據資料調查顯示,觀光客抵台後卻對於飲食安排產生出期待與現實結果的落差,影響觀光客的滿意度及再度來訪的意願。為了提高觀光客對台灣飲食觀光的滿意度,並提昇觀光活動之品質,本論文將嘗試以新的角度來探討台灣飲食觀光環境,並強調觀光客與東道主之間的互動關係,以為台灣觀光發展提出建言。 本論文分為三章,首先界定何謂觀光環境,繼而分析觀光客決定的內部心理變數,並就文化差異的角度探討觀光環境與觀光客之間的互動,以說明觀光環境的重要性以及與觀光客之間緊密又相互制衡之關係。第二章論述台灣飲食之特色,並概述美食相關節慶活動與觀光夜市,以瞭解台灣飲食的觀光聚焦點。第三章從觀光環境之本質,分析台灣飲食觀光現況,並提出相關建言;另就文化差異所產生的問題,以國外學者所提出「環境保護罩」(environmental bubble) 之概念,嘗試建立一具有安全感的飲食觀光環境。 本文以觀光客為主體,認為應重視觀光滿意度甚於觀光人數的成長,因此強調觀光環境之本質及與觀光客之間的對應關係,同時主張相關單位應正視文化差異下觀光客對觀光環境的新鮮感與安全感之矛盾心態,並以強化觀光新體驗,弱化對環境的陌生感,為提昇觀光滿意度之基礎。
“Gourmandise” or pleasure in good dining ranks among Taiwan’s most competitive products in tourism against competitions from other Asian countries, since food is always considered a top attraction for foreign visitors. Poll results, however, indicate a widespread feeling of disappointment or dissatisfaction among tourists whose experience of food cultures in Taiwan is seriously compromised by a discrepancy between formed expectations and reality. In my thesis I argue that this undesirable situation may be rectified by examining anew food-related tourist environments in Taiwan, as well as by establishing a valid channel of interactions between visitors and their host. My thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter defines the important concepts of a tourist environment and its impact on cross-cultural tourist experiences, and describes the intricate dynamics in which tourists and tourist environments influence each other. Chapter two examines the physical and institutional settings in which gourmandise tourism actually takes place: cultures of dining in Taiwan, Taiwanese food festivals and night markets frequented by tourists. Chapter three offers an analysis, in terms of tourist environments, of the status quo of food tourism in Taiwan, and suggestions for future policymaking and reference. These aim to resolve differences that may be caused by cultural barriers and to help construct safer settings for international food tourism via what scholars have proposed, in theory, as “environment bubbles.” My thesis supports a tourist policy that favors general improvements in visitor satisfaction over mere growths in statistics and capacity. As such it recommends studies of a safe and friendly tourist environment that will reduce cultural shocks and differences by transforming an international tourist experience into adventures of the new rather than bewilderments at the unknown and strange.