Urumaya
QUESTIONNAIRE
[Geographical Information System for Tourism in Sri Lanka]
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1) Reason for visiting Sri Lanka
Vacation Business Other
If “Other”, please state the reason below.
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2) Have you ever visited Sri Lanka before?
Yes No
If “Yes”, how many times? ………………………………………………
3) What are the sources you use to find information about Sri Lanka?
Books
Travel agents
Broaches
Other
Web Sites
If “Other”, please state it below.
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4) If your choice was “Web Sites”, what are the sites that you browse often?
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5) Do you think that “Web sites” help to obtain information about countries?
Yes No
If “Yes”, how do they help?
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6) What kind of information do you find on these web sites?
Geographic General information Other
information
If “Other”, please state it below.
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7) How those web sites are designed to publish information?
Interactive interfaces, maps Pictures and Text
Interactive, but no maps Text only
8) Are you really able to collect the expected information from those web sites?
Of course Not really Not at all
If any other answer please states it below.
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9) If not “Yes”, what are the major drawbacks and inconveniences you faced on those web
sites?
No proper guidance Not user friendly, no accuracy
and not efficient.
Inadequate information Expected information was
available. never found.
If any other answers please state it below.
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For the questions given below please tick the appropriate box.
The web site - Urumaya
Very Good Good Average Not Good Poor
10) User Friendliness
11) Efficiency Providing
Geographic Information
12) Functional Effectiveness
13) Accuracy with provided
Geographic Information
14) Functional & Information
Availability
15) Functional Reliability
16) Helps for decision making
17) Do you think our Web site is a better solution?
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18) Are you satisfied with the information provided by our Web site?
Yes No
If “No”, why?
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Urumaya
For the questions given below questions please tick the appropriate box.
The application - Urumaya
Very Good Good Average Not Good Poor
19) User Friendliness
20) Efficiency Providing
Geographic Information
21) Functional Effectiveness
22) Accuracy with provided
Geographic Information
23) Functional & Information
Availability
24) Functional Reliability
25) Helps for decision making
26) Are you satisfied with the information provided by our application?
Yes No
If “No”, why?
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27) If this is the first time you are using an online geographic information system to collect
information, how adequate is it?
I got all the expected information with proper guidance.
Good, but still inadequate, information and guidance.
Better than the other online and offline methods.
If any Other, Please state your answer below.
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28) If you think this Web site have more user friendly interfaces than other sites what are those
components or the features which tempt you to feel so?
Interactive maps
Buttons
Forms
Menu Lists
Text Fields
29) Do you still think that you need manual travel guides, Travel Helpers and Tourist Guides to visit
places while having our product with you?
Yes, still we need them Doubtful
Sometimes we need them We never need them
30) After exploring our web site what are the features, information and other facts that you believe
are better added to satisfy your requirements?
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31) Do you think that GIS systems can help to improve the tourism in
Yes No
a. A country
b. In Sri Lanka
32) Do you think that both our web site and application will help tourists to improve their awareness
about Geographical locality of Sri Lanka?
Yes, completely
To a great extent
On average
No, I don’t think so
Apart from the above questions if you have anything else to comment on about either our web site
or application, please state it below.
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