In order to begin an evaluation of tourism as it is happening in your community, please answer YES or NO to the following questions:

1. Does your community host visitors whose numbers on most days during high season exceed the number of permanent residents?

2. Has your local government adopted a new tourism plan or revised an existing one at any time in the last five (5) years?

3. Are many or most public parking spaces located where there is heavy tourist traffic during high season, making it hard for local residents to find places to park?

4. Are public toilets easy to find in the tourism zones of your community?

5. Do most tourists travel in excess of three (3) hours to get to your community?

6. Is there an emergency medical facility in or within an hour’s travel of your community?

7. Is the waste water in your community treated?

8. Do local residents complain about the presence of tourists?

9. Is there global demand for the types of tourist attractions and events that are available in your community?

10. Is over half the local economy dependent on tourism?

11. Is the natural environment surrounding your community considered sensitive?

12. Are there measurable economic and social benefits of tourism for your community?

13. If you did not live in the community, would it be easy to orient yourself? Find your way around? Learn something about your community?

14. Does your community have parcels/tracts of land suitable or being considered for development for tourism uses?

There are no right or wrong answers to these questions. Rather they are indicators of a current state of affairs and your answers might give you some pause to reflect on the need for undertaking a community tourism planning process.

You can answer the survey by copying and pasting the above questions into an e-mail and sending it to me. I will get in touch with you. Be sure to include the name and location of your community.

Post Office Barrel, Post Office Bay, Galapagos Islands

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