The abundance of Formosan sambar has increased in alpine areas in recent years. Number of tourists at alpine national parks also increases continuously. Opportunities of contacts between sambar and tourists bring new challenges to the ecology, health, and safety management for human and animals. The impact of tourist activities in national parks on wildlife behavior is an important topic in management. This project monitored activity of human and Formosan sambar in the Tataga area using camera traps and compared their frequency of appearance, activity pattern and spatial distribution. Results shows that 1) sambar avoided tourists in its spatial distribution. Frequency of appearance was higher at locations further from tourist hot zone. 2) Sambar also avoided tourists in its daily activity pattern. Sambar tended to be active during the night in areas closer to tourist hot zone. Therefore, we argue that sambar in the Tataga area is sensitive to human activities. Probability of contact between sambar and tourists is low. Currently there is no concern
about safety and health of sambar and tourists. However, with continuous growing of the number of sambar and tourists, and also with friendly attitude of tourists toward sambar, it is possible that sambar may get used to tourists and finally contacts between human and animal may happen. Future research could use GPS telemetry to study the movement of sambar adjacent to roads and to evaluate possible traffic risks caused by sambar