Recycling in the Tourism Industry Survey

Welcome to a survey that examines recycling in the Tourism Industry.
You must be over 18 to take this survey and by doing so,
participate voluntarily and understand your answers will be used for research.

Thank you for your contribution to the study.

1) How do you rate your understanding of recycling in the tourism industry?

None A little Average Good Exceptional

2) Briefly list up to five common tourism recycling practices you are familiar with:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

3) What importance do you think recycling plays in decisions made by tourism businesses?

Highly Unimportant Unimportant Neutral Important Highly Important

4) Tourism customers expect tourism businesses to implement recycling methods.

Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree

5) Public opinion in your country plays a large role in tourism recycling initiatives.

Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree

6) Maintaining high profits with high recycling in the tourism industry is:

Extremely Difficult Difficult Neutral Easy Extremely Easy

7) Recycling in your country is:

Highly Unregulated Unregulated Neutral Regulated Highly Regulated

8) The government in your country provides enough information to support recycling in the tourism industry.

Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree

9) In your country, by the year 2010:

A) Government regulations requiring recycling will increase by what percentage?
B) Public demand for recycling will increase by what percentage?
C) Waste disposal costs will increase by what percentage?
D) Recycling in the tourism will increase by what percentage?

10) In your country, what % would you allocate to these forces driving recycling in the tourism industry?
(Please allocate a % to each so that the five total 100%)

Government regulations
Public opinion
Customer satisfaction
Profits
Other (Please specify below)

11) Is there anything else you would like to comment on with respect to recycling in the tourism industry?

12) Where is your location?

Select Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma/Myanmar Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China (mainland) Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong SAR Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau SAR Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Other

13) What is your gender?

Male Female

14) What is your birth year?

select 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915  

15) Do you work predominantly in?

Academia Industry

Only Industry Respondents Answer Questions 16 and 17

16) How much of your recycling methods does your business currently advertise or promote?

None A little Half Most All

17) Please list up to five recycling techniques your business currently uses.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

If you would like a copy of the results please provide your email address.

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Julieanne Harmer & Jamie Murphy, PhD.
The University of Western Australia