During the 1980s Taiwan also established several national parks. Taking ecological conservation, research and recreation as their three main goals, these parks have been promoting ecotourism all along. But because they have been better known for their conservation and research work, most people have overlooked their ecotourism efforts.
八○年代台灣陸續成立的國家公園，以保育、研究、遊憩為三大目標，實際上也是在推行生態旅遊，只是多年來國家公園保育及研究的功能鮮明，旅遊推廣的方式又較為保守，一般人反而忽略了國家公園也是生態旅遊的老店。