Sustainable Development Strategy for Casino Industry of Hualien Area

Der Kuo Shiunn,Yon Chen Chia,Hsien Chen Ho,Jung Shieh Chia 한국문화관광학회 2007 문화관광연구 Vol.9 No.2

Sustainable Development Strategy for Casino Industry of Hualien Area

Shiunn-Der Kuo,Chia-Yon Chen,Ho-Hsien Chen,Chia-Jung Shieh 세계문화관광학회 2007 Conference Proceedings Vol.8 No.0

In the past years, liberalizing casino operation in Taiwan has been long a controversial issue. Gambling proponents usually took the gambling industry in Las Vegas as example and argued that casino liberalization at Las Vegas , has attracted tremendous tourism benefits and brought economic prosperity to the surrounding region. They questioned why Hualien shouldn't follow the path to success in Las Vegas to resolve poverty and economical depression commonly occurred in Hualien area In Taiwan, Hualien enjoys the best development in infrastructure and various industries, visiting crowd of millions of every year, match every large-scale activity that the government of Hualien County plans elaborately (such as the main road of star light, the activity that the aboriginal holds a memorial ceremony for in bumper harvest year .etc.) Due to tourism downturn in recent years, as a result aggravating the budget deficit of local government, casino establishment is urgently considered as a way to prosper local economic activities. The policy and legislation of Taiwan government towards this issue remain conservative. Howe, most advanced countries in the world view liberalization and legalization of gambling as an effective method to regulate the long-existing, problematic industry. It is believed that casino liberalization in Taiwan is about a matter of time. Casinos will be legally established at the time of ripeness in the near future. Based on this assumption, this study summarizes preliminarily a number issues potentially present on the development of gaming business at Hualien with respect to infrastructure and tourism development at Hualien according to the analyses of reviewing the literature on the definition and categories of casino, influence of gaming industry in all aspects, and current situation and perspective of tourism development at Hualien This study firstly employed Participatory Local Appraisal (PLA) to form a consensus from local resident for sustainable development of Hualien area Then, SWOT, TOWS matrix analysis, expert judged Fuzzy Delphi method to determine the most valuable issues on the development of casino industry at Hualien in both respects.

Sustainable Development Strategy for Casino Industry of Hualien Area

Shiunn Der-Kuo,Chia Yon-Chen,Ho Hsien-Chen,Chia Jung-Shieh 한국문화관광학회 2007 문화관광연구 Vol.9 No.2

Been long a controversial issue. Gambling proponents usually took the gambling industry in Las Vegas as example and argued that casino liberalization at Las Vegas, has attracted tremendous tourism benefits and brought economic prosperity to the surrounding region. They questioned why Hualien shouldn’t follow the path to success in Las Vegas to resolve poverty and economical depression commonly occurred in Hualien area. In Taiwan, Hualien enjoys the best development in infrastructure and various industries, visiting crowd of millions of every year, match every large-scale activity that the government of Hualien County plans elaborately (such as the main road of star light, the activity that the aboriginal holds a memorial ceremony for in bumper harvest year .etc.) Due to tourism downturn in recent years, as a result aggravating the budget deficit of local government, casino establishment is urgently considered as a way to prosper local economic activities. The policy and legislation of Taiwan government towards this issue remain conservative. Howe, most advanced countries in the world view liberalization and legalization of gambling as an effective method to regulate the long-existing, problematic industry. It is believed that casino liberalization in Taiwan is about a matter of time. Casinos will be legally established at the time of ripeness in the near future, Based on this assumption, this study summarizes preliminarily a number issues potentially present on the development of gaming business at Hualien with respect to infrastructure and tourism development at Hualien according to the analyses of reviewing the literature en the definition and categories cf casino, influence of gaming industry in all aspects, and current situation and perspective of tourism development at Hualien. This study firstly employed Participatory Local Appraisal (PLA) to form a consensus from local resident for sustainable development of Hualien area. Then, SWOT, TOWS matrix analysis, expert judged Fuzzy Delphi method to determine the most valuable issues on the development of casino industry at Hua1ien in both respects.

Digital Archive in the Reservation for Hakka Regions in Taiwan

Kuo,Shiunn-Der,Chen,Hui-Ping,Chen,Chia-Yon,Sungi,Hsuan-Chih 세계문화관광학회 2009 International Journal of Culture and tourism Resea Vol.2 No.1

The methods to preserve data are improving with every passing day. Paper is mostly used for preserving information in the past. However, paper documentation easily gets damage while time goes by. The information technology helps conserve image data for a longer period of time and restore data in a small r form which is easily disseminated and recyclable. Consequently, the purposes to share resources with and to spread tourism to other audiences are achieved by applying the advanced information technology. This study seeks to establish a digital collection website of Hakka cultural scenery specifically in Jutian, Neipu regions in Taiwan by applying Dreamweaver with PHP and MySQL database. A field study is designed for data collections that include irmge photographs and archive. Data then are classified to be the basis of the interface design. After the completion of the digital archive, the purpose of this study can be fulfilled. That is, to take advantage of the far-reaching web-network, audiences around the world can appreciate the beauty of the Hakka culture.

Digital Archive in the Reservation for Hakka Regions in Taiwan

( Shiunn Der Kuo ),( Hui Ping Chen ),( Chia Yon Chen ),( Hsuan Chih Sungi ) 세계문화관광학회 2009 International Journal of Culture and tourism Resea Vol.2 No.1

The methods to preserve data are improving with every passing day. Paper is mostly used for preserving information in the past. However, paper documentation easily gets damage while time goes by. The information technology helps conserve image data for a longer period of time and restore data in a smaller form which is easily disseminated and recyclable. Consequently, the purposes to share resources with and to spread tourism to other audiences are achieved by applying the advanced information technology. This study seeks to establish a digital collection website of Hakka cultural scenery specifically in Jutian、Neipu regions in Taiwan by applying Dreamweaver with PHP and MySQL database. A field study is designed for data collections that include image photographs and archives. Data then are classified to be the basis of the interface design. After the completion of the digital archive, the purpose of this study can be fulfilled. That is, to take advantage of the far-reaching web-network, audiences around the world can appreciate the beauty of the Hakka culture.

Sustainable Development Strategy for CasinoIndustIy of Hualien Area

( Shiunn-der Kuo ),( Ching-sung Chiang ),( Chia-yon Chen ) 세계문화관광학회 2008 International Journal of Culture and tourism Resea Vol.1 No.1

In the past years, liberalizing casino operation inTaiwan has been long a controversial issue. They questioned why Hualien shouldn``t follow the path to success in Las Vegas to resolve povelty and economical depression commonly occun``ed in Hualien area. Due to tourism downtum in recent years, as a result aggravating the budget deficit of local government, casino establishment is urgently considered as a way to prosper local economic activities. Casinos will be legally established at the time of ripeness in the near future. Based on this assumption, this study summarizes preliminarily a number issues potentially present on the development of gaming business at Hualien with respect to infi-asnucture and tourism development at Hualien according to the analyses of reviewing the literature on the definition and categories of casino, influence of gaming indusny in all aspects, and cun``Cntsituation and perspective of tourism development at Hualien. This study firstly employed Participatory Local Appraisal to form a consensus from local resident for sustainable development of Hualien area. Then, SWOT matrix analysis, expert judged Fuzzy Delphi method to determine the most valuable issues on the development of casino industly at Hualien in both respects.

Sustainable Development Strategy for CasinoIndustry of Hualien Area

Shiunn-Der Kuo,Ching-Sung Chiang,Chia-Yon Chen 세계문화관광학회 2008 International Journal of Culture and tourism Resea Vol.1 No.1

In the past years, liberalizing casino operation in Taiwan has been long a controversial issue. They questioned why Hualien shouldn't follow the path to success in Las Vegas to resolve poverty and economical depression commonly occurred in Hualien area. Due to tourism downturn in recent years, as a result aggravating the budget deficit of local government, casino establishment is urgently considered as a way to prosper local economic activities. Casinos will be legally established at the time of ripeness in the near future. Based on this assumption, this study summarizes preliminarily a number issues potentially present on the development of gaming business at Hualien with respect to infrastructure and tourism development at Hualien according to the analyses of reviewing the literature on the definition and categories of casino, influence of gaming industry in all aspects, and current situation and perspective of tourism development at Hualien. This study firstly employed Participatory Local Appraisal to form a consensus from local resident for sustainable development of Hualien area. Then, SWOT matrix analysis, expert judged Fuzzy Delphi method to determine the most valuable issues on the development of casino industry at Hualien in both respects.