溪頭自然教育園區經營管理及遊客人數之初探

Preliminary Investigation of Visitor Arrivals and Management Implication in Xitou Nature Education Area

王亞男(Ya-Nan Wang) ； 林麗貞(Li-Chen Lin) ； 張倍誠(Pei-Cheng Chang) ； 黃憶汝(Yi-Ru Huang) ； 王介鼎(Chieh-Ting Wang)

《國立臺灣大學生物資源暨農學院實驗林研究報告》 25卷3期 (2011/09) Pp. 181-191

https://doi.org/10.6542/EFNTU.201109_25(3).0003

摘要

溪頭自然教育園區具有豐富的自然與景觀資源，在歷經921地震、桃芝颱風及納莉颱風相繼危害，園區及聯外交通受到重創，但在此危機下亦是一種轉機，災後實驗林努力復建，充分利用其豐富之自然資源，陸續設立新景點，並推動生態旅遊與系列活動，相關規劃完成後遊客人數逐漸增加，2006年迄今遊客人數每年皆突破百萬人次。據交通部觀光局觀光統計年報，溪頭近年遊客人數皆為臺灣森林遊樂區遊客量之冠，堪稱為最受歡迎的森林遊憩區。園區除提供原有之試驗研究、教學實習場域功能外，另以「自然教育」與「生態旅遊」為發展方向，提高溪頭地區辦理生態研習與解說服務的成效，增進遊憩品質與遊客之遊憩體驗，發揮「環境教育」的功能。本文以設施承載量觀念初步推估溪頭自然教育園區之遊客承載量，發現本園區部分時間承載量已超越設施負荷，因此為使溪頭之森林生態資源得以永續利用，未來實驗林應建立溪頭自然教育園區遊客承載量推估模式，綜合探討遊憩活動對環境的衝擊及環境承載量相關議題，適時調整經營策略，使園區經營永續發展。

關鍵字

溪頭 ； 自然教育園區 ； 承載量

並列摘要

Xitou Nature Education Area (XNEA) has abundant natural and landscape resources. After several crises, Chi-Chi earthquake, Typhoon Toraji and Typhoon Nari, the Experimental Forest of Nation Taiwan University (NTU) has set up a number of new attractive scenes and provided a series of activities regarding eco-tourism to attract visitors by taking the advantage of the rich nature resources within XNEA. The amount of tourists has been increased yearly and visitor arrivals are more than one million since 2006. According to the annual report of Taiwan Tourism Bureau, the visitor arrivals in XNEA remain the highest ranked among forest recreation areas in the recent years. Therefore XNEA is considered the most popular forest recreation area in Taiwan. In addition to the functions of field study and teaching, ”natural education” and ”ecotourism” are newly developing directions in XNEA. By providing ecological workshops and interpretation services, XNEA has improved recreational quality and enhanced the recreational experience of tourists.This study mainly has investigated facility carrying capacity in XNEA. The preliminary results show that the visitor arrivals are over facility carrying capacity during rush hours. In order to maintaining the sustainability of the forest ecological resources in XNEA, the Experimental Forest of NTU needs to (1) establish a model to estimate carrying capacity in this area, (2) integrates the environmental impacts of the recreational activities and (3) issues regarding to environmental carrying capacity that contributes to management strategy.

並列關鍵字

Xitou ； nature education area ； capacity