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in Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1993 DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Health, Physical Education and Recreation The University of New Mexico Albuquerque. New Mexico March 2000 UMI Number. 9977787 UMI @ UMI Microform 9977787 Copyright 2000 by Bell & Howell Information and Leaming Company. Ail rights reserved.
This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company 300 North Zeeb Road P. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346 Vifong Wang Candidate Educational Specialties - Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department This dissertation is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication on microfilm: Approved by the Dissertation Committee: Deed S_ Mike _ Chairperson Shih 75 | Dy eS ae TT ] Po j| GE 1 L2 LÌ Accepted: Dean, Graduate School MAR 02 2000 Date © 2000, Yifong Wang DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to the most important people in my life, my father and mother Wang, Chin-Fa and Wu, Ching-Ju. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | would like to extend special thanks to my dissertation committee for their patience in helping me achieve this distinguished goal: Dr.
Paul Miko, Dr. Eddie Dry, Dr. Allan Parkman, Dr. Monica North, and Dr.
My infinite gratitude is extended to Dr. Miko whose support, encouragement, and numerous editing sessions were invaluable during this study. | am deeply grateful to Dr. Eddie Dry, who taught me so much about tourism knowledge during the past three years.
Parkman and Dr. North who provided great insight and the critical analysis that helped make this study successful. Finally, my sincere appreciation belongs to Dr. Scott who gave me impressive suggestions for this project from different perspectives.
Additionally, | would like to thank my wife, Chiung-Yu, and my parents-in law who take care of me and my little daughter, Fiona Wang. Without their help, | would not have been able to complete this work. Finally, | would like to thank my mother Wu, Ching-Ju again. She dedicates her time and efforts to support me and my two brothers, who are also studying for the Ph.D in the United States.
Without her support, | would never have accomplished this study. | appreciate her love and help forever. A STUDY OF TAIWANESE TOURISM BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS' PERCEPTIONS CONCERNING TOURISM RESEARCH BY Yifong Wang ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Health, Physical Education and Recreation The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico March 2000 A STUDY OF TAIWANESE TOURISM BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS’ PERCEPTIONS CONCERNING TOURISM RESEARCH by Yifong Wang B. in Business Mathematics, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1989.
in Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1993. in Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of New Mexico, 2000. ABSTRACT Taiwanese tourism is a dynamic sector of the economy both in the inbound travel and outbound travel market. According to the Annual Report on Tourism 1998, published by the Republic of China, outbound Taiwanese tourists have grown to approximately 6 million, and inbound tourists have grown to approximately 2 million.
Because of the rapid growth in tourism in Taiwan, there is also an increasing demand for human resources for the tourism industry. Since 1990, many universities have observed this trend and, therefore, have created academic tourism programs focused on training students in tourism knowledge, but not on providing research services to the tourism industry. Thus, not like the U., there are no tourism research centers at universities in Taiwan. However, for the tourism industry, the need for tourism research is as important as the tourism education.
Therefore,the general problem of this study was: What are the perceptions of tourism business and government leaders in vii Tainan toward tourism research and the establishment of a university tourism research center? The purpose of this study was to assess the perceptions of tourism business and government leaders in Tainan, Taiwan, toward tourism research in general and the possible creation of a university tourism research center. Additionally, this study identified important variables relevant to Taiwan tourism research services that would be most beneficial to the Tainan area. The survey research method was applied in this study. Twenty-nine questions were formulated for the survey questionnaire.
A total of 110 questionnaires were sent out to the study participants on June 26, 1999. Ejighty- six of the total participants completed the questionnaire (74 out of 95 tourism business leaders and 12 of 15 government leaders). The overall response rate was 78. The survey found a significant difference between tourism business leaders and government tourism leaders with regard to perceptions concerning the role and benefits of tourism research.
Generally, government tourism leaders appear to have more positive perceptions and attitudes toward tourism research than tourism business leaders. In addition, a significant correlation was found between the size of tourism businesses and their leader's perceptions concerning the role and benefits of tourism research. Six significant differences were also found between tourism business leaders and government tourism leaders with regard to tourism research areas of interest relevant to the Tainan area. These six tourism research areas were viii Government tourism policy studies, Domestic travel promotion studies, Regional economic impact studies, Eco tourism studies, Land transportation studies, and investment studies.
Employment in the business or government tourism sector was a also significant factor affecting the leaders’ perceptions concerning the establishment of a university tourism research center. A significant difference was found between tourism business leaders and government tourism leaders with regard to perceptions concerning the establishment of a university tourism research center. The “size” of a tourism business was also significantly correlated to the tourism business leader's perceptions concerning the establishment of a university tourism research center. In addition, “location,” “reputations of research faculties,” “the quality of researchers’ proposals,” “clearly defined objectives and schedules of the research proposal,” the “proposed center’s experience and knowledge about tourism research,” and “price” were important factors identified among most survey participants when considering contracting with a tourism research center.
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10 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS.-QQQQQQQQ Q00 HH HH HH nàn n1 nan sa, 10 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE. 12 UNIVERSITY RESEARCH COLLABORATION WITH ÏNDUSTRY. 12 Factors in Research Collaboration.0 Q TQ HH nen nan se.00 Q2Q0Q200220 02 HH HH HH HH nh re 15 TOURISM RESEARCH.QQQQQQQQQ2Q0 00000000200 HH HH nu K2 cac 15 Tourism Research SponSorS. HH nghe 19 UNIVERSITY RESEARCH COLLABORATION WTTH TOURISM.
19 TOURISM RESEARCH USERS’ ATTITUDES AND NEEDS MEASUREMENT. 21 TOURISM RESEARCH IN TAIWAN.00cc0ccccescesscccsevecccscccscacceusacsrenerensevaneesaecs 25 TOUFISM I TaiWalh. ee ccec ccc ccc ccsnevcsacccsacenccecsrseeccsenecececceussssassvessecerens 25 TouriSm in Tainan. ccc ecccescccneccenecceesccsesesceascsseccanescesaeccueseasessanstsesunes 26 Taiwanese Tourism Research .ccccccccccesecvcececccnccceecstecensessceesecenacs 26 CHAPTER II: METHODS.
30 Tourism Demographic Overview of Taiwan. 30 Tourism Demographic Overview of Tainan.ce, 30 Southern Taiwan University of Technology. Seo 31 Department of Tourism at Southern Taiwan University of Technology. ---Q Lọ 2n HH“ HH ve sre 34 Validation of the Survey Instrument in Mandarin Chinese.
37 RELIABILTTY OF THE SURVEY.2 TH HH kg 2xx 39 IMPLEMENTATION OF SURVEY. Q-QQ QQQQ TQ Q.01 HH TH ng rà 40 ANALYSIS OF DATA 20000. 41 SURVEY RESPONSE RATE 00.0o occ cccccccncccccoecceceecececesccersussseescescececuseuatestsersane 43 RESULTS OF PART | OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE .00000000 000 ccccccecceecccececececceecseceenaeces 44 RESULTS OF PART I] OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE .000000000000ccccccccsscscsscerseecceseennecees 50 RESULTS OF PART IIT OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE.c00ccccccceccscecacsecsensecessecsseeseceeneeeces 66 RESEARCH FÍYPOTHESES TESTING RESULTS. 77 CHAPTER V: SUMMARY, FINDINGS, DISCUSSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
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HH y xxx g 67 FiGURE 4.17: RESULTS OF QUESTION #20.18: RESULTS OF QUESTION #2Ì.0 Q0 n HH HH neo 69 FiGURE 4.19: RESULTS OF QUESTION #22. nu xxsxy 70 FiGURE 4.20: RESULTS OF QUESTION #23.21: RESULTS OF QUESTION #2Á.22: RESULTS OF QUESTION #25.cccccceccsccccccasccaceesacevsesseecvenevens 73 List of Tables TABLE 4-1 RESULTS OF SELECTIONS BY RESPONDENTS IN REGARD WITH THEIR INTEREST IN TOURISM RESEARCH AREAS LISTED IN QUESTION #Í16. 61 TABLE 4-2 TOURISM RESEARCH AREAS RANKED BY THE OVERALL RESPONDENTS. 62 TABLE 4-3 PREFERENCES OF UNIVERSITIES AS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PARTNERS SELECTED BY OVERALL RESPONDENTS IN TAINAN AREA, TAIWAN .ccccccececcecccccsceseeseaeecase 75 TABLE 4-4 OVERALL MEAN, VARIANCE, AND STANDARD DEVIATION (QUESTIONS #7-#14) OF TOURISM BUSINESS LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT TOURISM LEADERS .-- 78 TABLE 4-5: ANOVA TABLE FOR HYPOTHESIS 1.