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A survey on notable statements by key stakeholders towards the present and future of marine research tourism in Australia
Introduction
This survey is part of PhD research project at the James Cook University into the potential development of marine research tourism in Australia.   Marine research tourism is defined as marine tourism where marine research is an important part of the tourist attraction.   12 examples of marine research tourism can be found at this PDF document.   Information about this PhD is at this research proposal web page.
The survey lists 120 notable statements by individual key stakeholders about the desired future for marine research tourism in Australia. Many of these individual statements address important issues, concerns, benefits and opportunities for marine research tourism in Australia. If these statements are validated (or otherwise) by a representative group of key stakeholders, they should form a useful basis for the appropriate development of marine research tourism in Australia. For this PhD, these validated statements will be used with other PhD derived information to develop future scenarios, objectives and broad level strategic plans for Australian marine research tourism.
The survey
The purpose of this survey is to ask a representative group of key stakeholders about their views towards these 120 statements. While the number of statements is large, please favourably consider taking this survey, as the results of this survey could be used to inform any notable development of marine research tourism in Australia. The great majority of survey questions are multiple choices. These questions are listed under various topic headings. And the end of each topic section, there is an open text box for any comments that you have.
As a key stakeholder, you will be asked questions about your level of agreement with, and thoughts regarding those statements. When answering, you are asked to imagine yourself as a person who has notable influence over the future development of marine research tourism in Australia. In this role, your answers would have a notable influence on the future direction of marine research tourism in Australia.
For this study, it is important that your answers for each statement reflect your views about the various issues and potential for marine research tourism in Australia. Such views could combine;
1. Your overall concerns, values and/or aspirations for marine research tourism in Australia. 2. Your broad estimation of the real world resources that would be required to sustain or develop the principles or actions inherent in those statements.
This survey is divided into two parts. The first part lists a set of about 25 personal vision and mission statements as provided by key stakeholders. You will be asked to rank these statements on a scale of 1 to 7 in terms of how much you like each of those statements. A '1' will indicate that you like that statement very much and a '7' will indicate that you do not like that statement very much.
The second part lists the other key stakeholder statements. You will be asked to respond to each statement in terms of how much you agree or disagree with that statement. For these questions, if you read a statement that you agree or disagree with and also consider it to be very important, then please choose either the strongly agree or strongly disagree choice. If you read a statement that you agree or disagree with but only consider it to be fairly important, then please choose either the agree or disagree choice. If you read a statement and you are unsure if you agree or disagree with it, but still consider it to be fairly important to you, then choose the maybe choice. If you read a statement that you do not consider to be important at all then please choose the not important choice. If you read a statement that you do not clearly understand then choose the statement is not clear to me choice. Finally, if you believe that you are not familiar enough with the topic to suitably comment, then choose the cannot say choice.
Each of the multiple choice questions should take about 10 to 20 seconds to answer. The estimated time taken to complete the survey is between 40 and 60 minutes. Please aim to complete all the questions. This survey is voluntary, anonymous and completely confidential.
Your views are very much appreciated.
Additional information
Please note, this survey will time out after 60 minutes of no survey activity. You will receive a message 15 minutes before this 60 minute timeout.
It has been suggested that the survey may be easier to undertake, if you download the survey from here, print the survey as a landscape A4 print, read from that printed copy, and then input the answers into this online version of the survey.
If you have questions at any time about the survey, please contact Peter Wood at 07 4042 1762 or at [email protected].
If you have any questions regarding the ethical conduct of the research project, please contact the James Cook University Ethics Officer, Tina Langford on 07 4781 4342 or [email protected].
This survey is part of PhD research project at the James Cook University titled ‘Development of marine research tourism across Australia’. For more information on the PhD, please read the PhD information sheet.
This research is supported by the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre, established by the Australian Commonwealth Government.
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Please tell us about your occupation?
Would you describe yourself as a? (Please tick as many boxes that apply)
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Which State of Australia (or elsewhere) do you reside in?
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Part 1 - vision and mission statements |
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Personal vision statements |
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A vision statement describes what the organisation wants to become.
The below personal vision statements statement have been provided by key stakeholders for this research.
On a scale of 1 to 7 please indicate how much you like each of the following personal vision statements.
The choice of a '1' will indicate that you do like that statement very much, and a choice of '7' will indicate that you do not like that statement.
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| If you have comments about these various personal vision statements, please write them in the below text box.      If not, please continue to the next topic.
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Personal mission statements |
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A mission statement states the overall purpose of an organisation in order to achieve desired outcomes.
The below personal mission statements statement have been provided by key stakeholders for this research.
On a scale of 1 to 7 please indicate how much you like each of the following personal mission statements.
The choice of a '1' will indicate that you do like that statement very much, and a choice of '7' will indicate that you do not like that statement.
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| If you have comments about these various personal mission statements, please write them in the below text box.      If not, please continue to the next topic.
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Part 1 - Other key stakeholder statements |
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The next part of this survey asks you questions about your level of agreement and thoughts about a number of individual statements.
These individual statements represent the views of 54 individual key stakeholders about the desired future for marine research tourism in Australia.
For convenience, these statements have been broken up into 17 different topics, namely; 1.   Environmental topics 2.   Community involvement 3.   Education and interpretation 4.   Research quality 5.   Key stakeholder concerns 6.   Marine researcher involvement 7.   The role of marine research in marine research tourism 8.   The marine research tourist 9.   The marine research attraction 10. The role of the media 11. Support infrastructure 12. A marine research tourism guide role 13. Good business principles 14. Proposed business aspirations 15. Marine research tourism broker and trail 16. Time related statements Remember to answer the questions as if you are a person who has notable influence over the future development of marine research tourism in Australia.
Choose the strongly agree (or strongly disagree) option only if you consider that statement to be very important to you and you agree (or disagree) with it.
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Topic 1. Environmental topics |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 2. Community involvement |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 3. Education and interpretation |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 4. Research quality |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 5. Stakeholder concerns |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
Please note, some of these key stakeholder statements could be considered contentious by other stakeholders. These statements are included in this survey so as to further understand how wide spread these contentions may be.
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| If you have comments about the above topic, please write them in the below text box.      If not, please continue to the next topic.
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Topic 6. Marine researcher involvement |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 7. The role of marine research in marine research tourism |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 8: The marine research tourist |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 9. The marine research attraction |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 10. The role of the media |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 11. Support infrastructure |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 12. A marine research tourism guide role |
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A marine research tourism guide role is envisioned to be a paid role that ensures that the many needs of marine researchers, managers, tour operators and tourists are met.
For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 13. Good business principles |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 14. Proposed business aspirations |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 15. Marine research tourism broker and trail |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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Topic 16. Time related statements |
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For each of the following statements, please tick the box the best indicates how well you agree (or disagree) with that statement.
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| If you have comments about the above topic, please write them in the below text box.      If not, please continue to the next topic.
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| Finally, do you have any comments or ideas that would assist the development of marine research tourism in Australia?   If so, could you write those comments or ideas in the below text box? | | |
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Thank you for taking this survey!
Your responses will assist with the development of a set of key stakeholder directed objectives for marine research tourism in Australia. |
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