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We recently recieved a request from a couple of graduating students from the University of the Philippines -Asian Institute of Tourism, currently enrolled in Tourism 200 (Tourism Undergraduate Thesis). The topic of thier thesis is "How tourists of Philippine destinations make use of travel blogs". The studys goal is to describe the demographic profile, interests, activities of travel bloggers, their usage of travel blogs, their purposes in creating/maintaining travel blogs, as well as, the blogs' contents, lay-outs and features.

They have requested a few minutes of your time to answer a short questionnaire for the completion of this study. Your invaluable participation will be regarded as a great contribution to the quest and purposes of this research. Rest assured that your request for confidentiality, if any, would be properly observed by the author.

Please be informed that this survey and study has no affiliation or connection with TravelPod. We are merely providing a platform for information gathering.

After you have finished kindly email the survey to either of the following addresses: jhoa_baby_9000@yahoo.com or upgal_iya11@yahoo.com
They have expressed the desire to have answers back by Feburary 18.2006.

I. Demographic Profile

1) What is your name? _____________________________
2) From what age group do you come from?
__ 12 years old and below
__ 13 -19 years old
__ 20 - 39 years old
__ 40 - 64 years old
__ 65 years old and above
3) What is your gender?
__ male
__ female
__ homosexual
__ bisexual
4) What is your marital status
__ single
__ married
__ divorced
__ separated
__ widowed
5) What is your citizenship? ___________________________
6) Where are you located?
__ Asia
__ Antartica
__ North America
__ South America
__ Europe
__ Africa
Please specify the country where you are located __________
7) What is your highest educational attainment?
__ grade school
__ secondary/high school
__ college
__ master's degree
__ doctorate
8) What is your occupation?
__ professional
__ government employee
__ retiree/pensioner
__ unemployed
__ private firm employee
__ businessman
__ student
__ others (please specify) __________________
9) What is your religion?
__ Roman Catholic
__ Protestant
__ Islam
__ Hinduism
__ Buddhist
__ Agnostic
__ Atheist __ Others
10) What is your estimated monthly income?
__ less than Php10,000 (below US$180)
__ Php10,000 - 29,000 (US$180 - 500)
__ Php30,000 - 39,000 (US$500 - 700)
__ Php40,000 - 49,000 (US$715 - 875)
__ Php50,000 - 69,000 (US$900 - 1235)
__ Php70,000 - 99,000 (US$1250 - 1770)
__ more than Php100,000 (more than US$1800)


II. Travel Blog Accounts

1) How many travel blog accounts do you own in a travel blogging host?
Please specify the travel blogging host (s) and the corresponding
number of travel blog accounts you own.
______________________________________________

2) What are your reasons for signing-up for/
having more than one travel blog account?
______________________________________________

3) What are the features of a travel blog host you consider in sign-up
for an account?
______________________________________________

4) What is your most frequently updated travel blog account? Why?
_______________________

5) Where did you learn about travel blogs accounts?
__ Word of mouth __ Online Communities
__ Search Engines
__ Magazines __ Radio __ Newspaper
__ Te levision __Internet websites
__ Others, please specify_________
6) Do you have your own travel webpage to account your trips?
__Yes, I
have made my own travel webpage to account my trips (Please specify the web address) __________________________________________
__ No, I haven't made my own travel webpage to account my trips


III. Travel Blog Usage

1) What is your purpose of travel blogging?
__ to document my trip
__ to provide commentary and opinions
__ to work out my emotional issues
__ to share my experience
__ to encourage/ discourage other travellers to go to a place
__ to attract other travel bloggers
__ to show off my pictures
__ others, Please specify____________________________
2) How frequent do update your travel blog (s)?
__ everyday
__ every week
__ every two weeks
__ every month
__ every trip
__ others, Please specify____________________________
3) What is your purpose of posting a travel blog about your visit to
the Philippines?
__ to document my trip
__ to provide commentary and opinions
__ to work out my emotional issues
__ to share my experience
__ to encourage/ discourage other travellers to go to a place
__ to attract other travel bloggers
__ to show off my pictures
__ others, Please specify____________________________
4) If there are comments on your post, do you reply to them?
__ yes
__ no
5) Do you let other people update your blog? If yes, please specify.
__ yes, my _____________ use it
__ no
6) How many people do you think visit your blog each day?
__ 0
__ 1-5
__ 10-20
__ 20-30
__ 30-40
__ 40-50
__ 50 and above
7) When did you to create a post about your trip to the Philippines?
__ during my trip
__ immediately after I arrived from the trip
__ a day after my trip
__ two days after my trip
__ a week after my trip
__ two weeks after mytrip
__ a month after my trip
__ others, Please specify____________________________


IV. Interests and Activities

1) What interest you most?
______________________________________________

2) What are the usual activities you do when visiting a tourist
destination?
______________________________________________