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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? ______________________________________________
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